That sort of half sigh, which, accompanied by two or three slight nods of the head, is pity's small change in general society.
So, I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me.
This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.
A loving heart is the truest wisdom.
