We may sit in our library and yet be in all quarters of the earth.

Though it is a great mistake to make friends of the wicked and foolish, it is unwise to make enemies of them, for they are very numerous.

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.

In this world we do not see things as they are. We see them as we are, because what we see depends mainly on what we are looking for.

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.

Happiness is a condition of mind not a result of circumstances.

False pleasures come from without and are imperfect: happiness is internal and our own.