A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.

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

Exercise of the muscles keeps the body in health, and exercise of the brain brings peace of mind.

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

Great battles are really won before they are actually fought. To control our passions we must govern our habits, and keep watch over ourselves in the small details of everyday life.

False pleasures come from without and are imperfect: happiness is internal and our own.

A kind word will give more pleasure than a present.