Try to realize all the blessings you have, and you will find perhaps that they are more than you suppose.

We must be careful what we read, and not, like the sailors of Ulysses, take bags of wind for sacks of treasure.

Fresh air is as good for the mind as for the body. Nature always seems trying to talk to us as if she had some great secret to tell. And so she has.

We often hear of bad weather, but in reality no weather is bad. It is all delightful, though in different ways. Some weather may be bad for farmers or crops, but for man all kinds are good. Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating.

Don't be afraid of showing affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped by sympathy than by service. Love is more than money, and a kind word will give more pleasure than a present.

Rest is by no means a waste of time.

There can be no merit in believing something which you can neither explain nor understand.