“Learn the sweet magic of a cheerful face.”

“Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies; they are ready enough to tell them.”

“Many people die with their music still in them. Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it time runs out.”

“Speak clearly if you speak at all, carve every word before you let it fall.”

“Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left.”

“The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are going.”

“The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce.”