We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
A man may learn from his Bible to be a more thorough gentleman than if he had been brought up in all the drawing-rooms in London.
Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.
Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.
It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means.
The world goes up and the world goes down, the sunshine follows the rain; and yesterday's sneer and yesterday's frown can never come over again.