Cheerfulness is the atmosphere in which all things thrive

Cheerfulness is the atmosphere in which all things thrive

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.

It is good
To lengthen to the last a sunny mood.

It is good
To lengthen to the last a sunny mood.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cheerfulness is health; its opposite, melancholy, is disease

Cheerfulness is health; its opposite, melancholy, is disease

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.