Don’t hang a dismal picture on the wall, and do not daub with sables and glooms in your conversation. Don’t be a cynic and disconsolate preacher.
—Emerson.
No good thing is failure and no evil thing success.
—W. C. Gannett’s favorite proverb.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next;
Skill is knowing how to do it, and Virtue is doing it.
—David Starr Jordan.
Always laugh when you can; it is a cheap medicine. Merriment is a philosophy not well understood. It is the sunny side of existence.
—Byron.
If we are not responsible for the thoughts that pass our doors, we are at least responsible for those we admit and entertain.