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.

To be happy ourselves is a most effectual contribution to the happiness of others.

Do not lay things too much to heart. No one is ever really beaten unless he is discouraged.

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

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.

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee.

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