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.

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.

Cheerfulness removes the rust from the mind, lubricates our inward machinery, and enables us to do our work with fewer read more

Cheerfulness removes the rust from the mind, lubricates our inward machinery, and enables us to do our work with fewer creaks and ;groans. If people were universally cheerful, probably there wouldn't be half the quarreling or a tenth part of the wickedness ;there is. Cheerfulness, too, promotes health and immortality. Cheerful people live longest here on earth, afterward in our hearts.

Cheerfulness is health; its opposite, melancholy, is disease

Cheerfulness is health; its opposite, melancholy, is disease

The true source of cheerfulness is benevolence.

The true source of cheerfulness is benevolence.

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.]

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 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

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.