Cheered up himself with ends of verse
And sayings of philosophers.

Cheered up himself with ends of verse
And sayings of philosophers.

A cheerful life is what the Muses love,
A soaring spirit is their prime delight.

A cheerful life is what the Muses love,
A soaring spirit is their prime delight.

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.

Cheerfulness is the very flower of health.

Cheerfulness is the very flower of health.

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.

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.

While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to read more

While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness in not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful.

Cheerfulness is the atmosphere in which all things thrive

Cheerfulness is the atmosphere in which all things thrive

Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness,--an open and noble temper.

Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness,--an open and noble temper.