All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But all play and no work makes him something worse.

No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident, or the drunken sober. Such reforms can only be effected by means of individual action, economy and self-denial; by better habits, rather than by greater rights.

The best school of discipline is home. Family life is God's own method of training the young, and homes are very much as women make them.

Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing.

It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of their own neglect, mismanagement, and improvidence, or want of application.

Even happiness itself may become habitual. There is a habit of looking at the bright side of things, and also of looking at the dark side.

The egotist is next door to a fanatic.