You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius.

Wealth is certainly a most desirable thing, but poverty has its sunny side, and one of the sweet uses of adversity is the genuine satisfaction which comes from hearty work of head or hand, and to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world.

A happy soul in a healthy body makes the best sort of beauty for man or woman.