Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.

E'en the rough rocks with tender myrtle bloom, and trodden weeds send out a rich perfume.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt.

It is of unspeakable advantage to possess our minds with an habitual good intention, and to aim all our thoughts, words, and actions at some laudable end.

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.