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

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.

We profit little by books we do not enjoy.

Those who have not distinguished themselves at school need not on that account be discouraged. the greatest minds do not necessarily ripen the quickest.

The veil is slowly rising, but as regards innumerable questions we must be content to remain in ignorance.

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

A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered. C. S. LEWIS, Out of the Silent Planet True pleasures are paid for in advance; false pleasures afterwards, with heavy and compound interest.