Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything.
“I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them.”
“A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.”