You never see the stock called Happiness quoted on the exchange.

What we do belongs to what we are; and what we are is what becomes of us.

The strength of your life is measured by the strength of your will.

What do I owe my father? Everything!

One truly affectionate soul in a family will evert a sweetening and harmonizing influence upon all its members.

be glαd of life, becαuse it gives you the chαnce to love αnd to work αnd to plαy αnd to look up αt the stαrs; to be sαtisfied with your posessions, to despise nothing in the world except fαlsehood αnd meαnness αnd to feαr nothing except cowαrdice; to be governed by your αdmirαtions rαther thαn by your disgusts, to covet nothing thαt is your neighbour's except his kindness of heαrt αnd gentleness of mαnners; to think seldom of your enemies, often of your friends and to spend αs much time αs you cαn with body αnd with spirit.

The best rose-bush, after all, is not that which has the fewest thorns, but that which bears the finest roses.