Every industrious man, in every lawful calling, is a useful man. And one principal reason why men are so often useless is that they neglect their own profession or calling, and divide and shift their attention among a multiplicity of objects and pursuits.

Wise cultivated, genial conversation is the last flower of civilization, and the best result which life has to offer us,--a cup for gods, which has no repentance. Conversation is our account of ourselves. All we have, all we can, all we know, is brought into play, and as the reproduction in finer form, of all our havings.

We do not make a world of our own, but fall into institutions already made, and have to accommodate ourselves to them to be useful at all.

The maker of a sentence launches out into the infinite.

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself especially how you choose to think about your situation.

All vigor is contagious.

Life wastes itself whilst we are preparing to live.