Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
There is as much greatness of mind in the owning of a good turn as in the doing of it; and we must no more force a requital out of season than be wanting in it.
Straightforwardness and simplicity are in keeping with goodness.
Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
A good person dyes events with his own color . . . and turns whatever happens to his own benefit.