Use what talents you possess the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with.
Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.
There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true never to tell even that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening.
The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.
Happiness is inward, and not outward and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.
To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us and surely it is a good haven to sail for.
Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.