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Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.

The present alone is true and actual; it is the only time which possesses full reality, and our existence lies in it exclusively.

I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was, by the endeavour, a better and a happier man than I otherwise should have been if I had not attempted it

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.

I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.

The heart has its reasons, which reason knows not, as we feel in a thousand instances.

In the face of a true friend a man sees as it were a second self.

Does it seem to you so small and worthless a thing to be good and happy?

If a man is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault; for God has made all men to be happy, to be free from perturbations.

To sleep is to strain and purify our emotions, to deposit the mud of life, to calm the fever of the soul

I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.

While I silently ponder on that Change wrought in me, I find no Language equal to it, nor any Means to convey to another a clear Idea of it.

Life is a verb. We try our best. We don’t always do our best.

We give thanks for these things and that gratitude reciprocates, creating more to be thankful for. It’s simple, and it works.

Whereas among real friends there is no rivalry or jealousy of one another, but they are satisfied and contented alike whether they are equal or one of them is superior.

Let us cleanse therefore the fountain of contentedness, which is within us, that so external things may turn out for our good, through our putting the best face on them.

the foolish overlook and neglect present blessings, through their thoughts being ever intent on the future; but the wise make the past clearly present to them through memory

the sensible make their life pleasanter and more endurable by mitigating their sorrows with the consideration of their blessings, while most people, like sieves, let the worst things stick to them while the best pass through

If I feel overshadowed and outdone by great neighbors, I can yet love; I can still receive; and he that loveth maketh his own the grandeur he loves.

The pleasure of life is according to the man that lives it, and not according to the work or the place.

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere.

We say so because we feel that what we love is not in your will, but above it.

Human judgment is never unerring, and is rarely regarded as otherwise than wrong by the unsuccessful party in the contest.