Cheerfulness is health; its opposite, melancholy, is disease

Cheerfulness is health; its opposite, melancholy, is disease

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.

Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may gain. It is the only read more

Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may gain. It is the only view of life in which you can never be disappointed. Having reckoned what to do in the worst possible circumstances, when better arise, as they may, life becomes child's play.

In the long run, the pessimist may be proven right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.

In the long run, the pessimist may be proven right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.

Pessimists are usually kind. The gay, bubbling over, have to time for the pitiful.

Pessimists are usually kind. The gay, bubbling over, have to time for the pitiful.

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.

Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom.

Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom.

Let us be of cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

Let us be of cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

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