Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.

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

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.

It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with.

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.

To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for.

Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil.