When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality.
Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
If our early lessons of acceptance were as successful as our early lessons of anger, how much happier we would all be.
I've been on a diet for two weeks and all I've lost is two weeks.
He had learned over the years that poor people did not feel so poor when allowed to give occasionally.
Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.
Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life.