To make pleasures pleasant shortens them.
Silence is sometimes the severest criticism.
The first duty to children is to make them happy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged them. No other good they may get can make up for that.
Success soon palls. The joyous time is when the breeze first strikes your sails, and the waters rustle under your bows.
The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.
If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.
In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
