Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.

I cannot, however, but think that the world would be better and brighter if our teachers would dwell on the Duty of Happiness as well as the Happiness of Duty; for we ought to be as cheerful as we can, if only because to be happy ourselves is a most effectual contribution to the happiness of others.

To be happy ourselves is a most effectual contribution to the happiness of others.

The world would be better and brighter if people were taught the duty of being happy as well as the happiness of doing their duty.

False pleasures come from without and are imperfect: happiness is internal and our own.