“It is easy to tell the toiler How best he can carry his packBut no one can rate a burden's weightUntil it has been on his back”

“It is easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows by like a song, But the man worth while is one who will smile, When everything goes dead wrong.”

“It is easy to be pleasant when life flows by like a song, but the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is trouble, and it always comes with years, and the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through the tears.”

“You will be surprised to find how much that has seemed hopelessly disagreeable possesses either an instructive or an amusing side." from "The Heart of the New Thought" 1902.”

“There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent, or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.”

“Feast, and your halls are crowdedFast, and the world goes bySucceed and give, and it helps you liveBut no man can help you die”

“There's one sad truth in life I've foundWhile journeying east and west -The only folks we really woundAre those we love the best.We flatter those we scarcely know,We please the fleeting guest,And deal full many a thoughtless blowTo those who love us best.”