"A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken." (Prov. 15:13)

"Of all the virtues, cheerfulness is the most profitable. It makes the person who exercises it happy, and renders him acceptable to all he meets. While other virtues defer the day of recompense, cheerfulness pays down. It is a cosmetic, which makes homeliness graceful and winning; it promotes health, and gives clearness and vigor to the mind; it is the bright weather of the heart, in contrast with the clouds and gloom of melancholy." (By S.G. Goodrich)

"A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones." (Prov. 17:22)