Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach.

When you rise in the morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one for a fellow creature.

Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them.

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage.

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.

What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors?

Politeness is good nature regulated by good sense.