I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs. — Joseph Addison. British writer and politician (1672–1719) Birds
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
To be an atheist requires an infinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all the great truths which atheism would deny.
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.