Genuine laughing is the vent of the soul, the nostrils of the heart, and just as necessary for health and happiness as spring water is for a trout.
Peace is the soft and holy shadow that virtue casts.
The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.
A man cannot learn to be wise any more than he can learn to be handsome.
Everyone who does the best he can is a hero.
Ill-nature is a sort of running sore of the disposition.