A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work. |
Be cautious, but not too cautious; do not be too much afraid of making a mistake; a man who never makes a mistake will make nothing. |
Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin. |
How little our libraries cost us as compared with our liquor cellars |
I can but think that the world would be better and brighter if our teachers would dwell on the duty of happiness as well as the happiness of duty; for we ought to be as bright and genial as we can, if only because to be cheerful ourselves is a most effectual contribution to the happiness of others. |
If we succeed in giving the love of learning, the learning itself is sure to follow |
If you have written a clever and conclusive, but scathing letter, keep it back till the next day, and it will very often never go at all. |
Many of the greatest men have owed their success to industry rather than to cleverness |
Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven. |
When we have done our best, we should wait the results in peace |
Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it. |