The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions.

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.

The person who has stopped being thankful has fallen asleep in life.

I wish these flies would piss off.

An intelligent person, looking out of his eyes and hearkening in his ears, with a smile on his face all the time, will get more true education than many another in a life of heroic vigils".

It is a great thing if you can persuade people that they are somehow or other partakers in a mystery. It makes them feel bigger.

You seem to me to be a pretty lucky young man; keep your eyes open to your mercies. That part of piety is eternal; and the man who forgets to be grateful has fallen asleep in life.