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.

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

We profit little by books we do not enjoy.

A man who is not a good friend to himself cannot be so to any one else.

All those who love Nature she loves in return, and will richly reward, not perhaps with the good things, as they are commonly called, but with the best things of this world-not with money and titles, horses and carriages, but with bright and happy thoughts, contentment and peace of mind.

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.

Our own happiness ought not to be our main objective in life.