Journals For All

There Is No Happiness in Having and Getting, But Only in Giving

Riches Disclose in a Man's Character the Bad Qualities Formerly Concealed in His Poverty

A Wise Man Adapts Himself to Circumstances, as Water Shapes Itself to the Vessel That Contains It

Repentance Before Forgiveness

Look Up and Not Down; Look Forward and Not Back; Look Out and Not In; And Lend a Hand

Poetry Is the Music of the Soul, And, Above All, of Great and Feeling Souls

By Nature All Men Are Alike, But by Education Very Different

An Absent Friend Gives Us Friendly Company When We Are Well Assured of His Happiness

He Who Neglects the Present Moment Throws Away All He Has

Eminent Positions Make Eminent Men Greater and Little Men Less

Never Put Thyself in the Way of Temptation

Saving Should Ever Be Practised, But Not Excessive Selfishness

There Are No Riches Like the Sweetness of Content, Nor Poverty Comparable to the Want of Patience

Good Things Should Be Praised

Do Not Wait for Extraordinary Circumstances to Do Good Actions; Try to Use Ordinary Situations

The Prudent Man Really Frames His Own Fortunes for Himself

Indolence Is Stagnation; Employment Is Life

The More Any One Speaks of Himself, the Less He Likes to Hear Another Talked of

He Who Loses Wealth Loses Much; He Who Loses a Friend Loses More; But He That Loses His Courage Loses All

To Overcome Evil with Good Is Good, to Resist Evil with Evil Is Evil

The Way to Cheerfulness Is to Keep Our Bodies in Exercise and Our Minds at Ease

A Good Man Is Kinder to His Enemy Than Bad Men Are to Their Friends

True Happiness Consists Not in the Multitude of Friends, But in the Worth and Choice

He Who Receives a Good Turn, Should Never Forget It