“The year you were born marks only your entry into the world. Other years where you prove your worth, they are the ones worth celebrating. 
”

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.

“Unhappiness is often caused by tendency to find fault with others.”

Our words and deeds should lead to refinement of the self and create a pleasant environment and beatify the surroundings.

“Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.”
― Horace Mann

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

“People rarely succeed unless they have
fun in what they are doing.”

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.

There's nothing like music to relieve the soul and uplift it.

“Another fresh new year is here . . .
Another year to live!
To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
To love and laugh and give!

This bright new year is given me
To live each day with zest . . .
To daily grow and try to be
My highest and my best!

I have the opportunity
Once more to right some wrongs,
To pray for peace, to plant a tree,
And sing more joyful songs!”