A thing seriously pursued affords true enjoyment.

That grief is light which can take counsel.

See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse.

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality. [We must learn to control and focus the force of our imagination on the good, bright side so it is positive and constructive helping ourselves and others, rather than let its force focus on the bad, dark side so it is negative and destructive hurting ourselves and others!]

It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.

Drunkenness is nothing else but a voluntary madness.

The velocity with which time flies is infinite, as is most apparent to those who look back.