“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful
“There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.
“The greatest comfort of my old age, and that which gives me the highest satisfaction, is the pleasing remembrance of the many benefits and friendly offices I have done to others.
“Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so
“While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be
“Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age
“Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude requirement of polygamy. So long as you have one good wife you are sure to have a spiritual harem
“Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success
“Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him.