It would be a great thing if people could be brought to realize that they can never add to the sum of their happiness by doing wrong.

Those who have not distinguished themselves at school need not on that account be discouraged. the greatest minds do not necessarily ripen the quickest.

The world would be better and brighter if people were taught the duty of being happy as well as the happiness of doing their duty.

When important decisions have to be taken, the natural anxiety to come to a right decision will often keep you awake. Nothing, however, is more conducive to healthful sleep than plenty of open air.

Before buying anything, it is well to ask if one could do without it.

Many of the greatest men have owed their success to industry rather than to cleverness.

A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn.