We profit little by books we do not enjoy.
To render ourselves insensible to pain we must forfeit also the possibilities of happiness.
Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgment when we have not.
A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.
To be happy ourselves is a most effectual contribution to the happiness of others.
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.