Strange indeed is the attraction of the forest for the minds of men.

If they only married when they fell in love, most people would die unwed.

Death, like a host, comes smiling to the door; Smiling, he greets us, on that tranquil shore Where neither piping bird nor peeping dawn Disturbs the eternal sleep, But in the stillness far withdrawn Our dreamless rest for evermore we keep.

Make up your mind to be happy.

It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

Like a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memories survive in time of sorrow.