Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and mistrust even more the person who is indifferent to everything. – Johann Kaspar Lavater
To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together… humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self. – William Wordsworth
There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them. – Josh Billings