Warm weather fosters growth: cold weather destroys it. Thus a man with an unsympathetic temperament has a scant joy: but read more

Warm weather fosters growth: cold weather destroys it. Thus a man with an unsympathetic temperament has a scant joy: but a man with a warm and friendly heart overflowing blessings, and his beneficence will extend to posterity.

How fading are the joys we dote upon!
Like apparitions seen and gone;
But those which soonest read more

How fading are the joys we dote upon!
Like apparitions seen and gone;
But those which soonest take their flight
Are the most exquisite and strong;
Like angel's visits short and bright,
Mortality's too weak to bear them long.

Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.

Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.

Find expression for a sorrow, and it will become dear to you. Find expression for a joy, and you will read more

Find expression for a sorrow, and it will become dear to you. Find expression for a joy, and you will intensify its ecstasy.

Our joy is dead, and only smiles on us.

Our joy is dead, and only smiles on us.

He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy.

He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy.

Cheerfulness is the very flower of health.

Cheerfulness is the very flower of health.

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

Joy has this in common with pain, that it robs people of reason.

Joy has this in common with pain, that it robs people of reason.