Human felicity is produc'd not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day.

This library afforded me the means of improvement by constant study, for which I set apart an hour or two each day, and thus repair'd in some degree the loss o…

My parents had early given me religious impressions, and brought me through my childhood piously in the Dissenting way. But I was scarce fifteen, when, after d…

From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books.

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both you…

Curiosity: 'Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness.'

Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our one duty is to furnish it well.