Everyone must have felt that a cheerful friend is like a sunny day, which sheds its brightness on all around; and most of us can, as we choose, make of this world either a palace or a prison.

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.

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

Be cautious, but not too cautious; do not be too much afraid of making a mistake; a man who never makes a mistake will make nothing.

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

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.

Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgment when we have not.