Prosperity suits some people, and they blossom best in a glow of sunshine; others need the shade, and are the sweeter for a touch of frost.
Love is a great beautifier.
...a capital patient, as she never died and never got well.
Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
Now and then genius carries all before it, but not often. We have to climb slowly, with many slips and falls.
Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can