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.

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

Life is a great gift, and as we reach years of discretion, most of us naturally ask ourselves what should be the main object of our existence.

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

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

We often hear of bad weather, but in reality no weather is bad. It is all delightful, though in different ways. Some weather may be bad for farmers or crops, but for man all kinds are good. Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating.