Cheerfulness in most cheerful people, is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.

Cheerfulness in most cheerful people, is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

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.

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.

That load becomes light which is cheerfully borne.
[Lat., Leve fit quod bene fertur onus.]

That load becomes light which is cheerfully borne.
[Lat., Leve fit quod bene fertur onus.]

Pluck up thy spirits, look cheerfully upon me.
Here, love, thou seest how diligent I am
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Pluck up thy spirits, look cheerfully upon me.
Here, love, thou seest how diligent I am
To dress thy meat myself and bring it thee.

He makes a July's day short as December,
And with his varying childness cures in me
Thoughts read more

He makes a July's day short as December,
And with his varying childness cures in me
Thoughts that would thick my blood.

Cheerfulness is the atmosphere in which all things thrive

Cheerfulness is the atmosphere in which all things thrive

A cheerful temper joined with innocence will make beauty
attractive, knowledge delightful and wit good-natured.

A cheerful temper joined with innocence will make beauty
attractive, knowledge delightful and wit good-natured.