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So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains.
So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains.
I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness.
I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness.
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn
shall make the young men cheerful, read more
For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn
shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
Had she been light, like you,
Of such a merry, nimble, stirring spirit,
She might ha' been read more
Had she been light, like you,
Of such a merry, nimble, stirring spirit,
She might ha' been a grandam ere she died;
And so may you, for a light heart lives long.
A good laugh is sunshine in a house.
A good laugh is sunshine in a house.
Cheered up himself with ends of verse
And sayings of philosophers.
Cheered up himself with ends of verse
And sayings of philosophers.
Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health, and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health, and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.