We must be careful what we read, and not, like the sailors of Ulysses, take bags of wind for sacks of treasure.

When important decisions have to be taken, the natural anxiety to come to a right decision will often keep you awake. Nothing, however, is more conducive to healthful sleep than plenty of open air.

Savages have often been likened to children, and the comparison is not only correct but also highly instructive. Many naturalists consider that the early condition of the individual indicates that of the race,-that the best test of the affinities of a species are the stages through which it passes. So also it is in the case of man; the life of each individual is an epitome of the history of the race, and the gradual development of the child illustrates that of the species.

Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin.

We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety.

If you have the least doubt about it, do not marry.

To render ourselves insensible to pain we must forfeit also the possibilities of happiness.