A Cheerful friend is like a sunny day, which sheds its brightness on all around.

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

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.

Art trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.

It is sad, indeed, to see how man wastes his opportunities. How many could be made happy, with the blessings which are recklessly wasted or thrown away.

Time is a trust, and for every minute of it you will have to account.

How little our libraries cost us as compared with our liquor cellars.