We continually say things to support an opinion, which we have given, that in reality we don't above half mean.

Tis best to build no castles in the air.

How little has situation to do with happiness. The happy individual uses their intelligence to realise things could be worse and therefore is grateful and happy. The unhappy individual does the opposite!

Far from having taken any positive step, I have not yet even fommed any resolution.

The Spring is generally fertile in new acquaintances.

Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgment, generally gives as much pain as pleasure.

Those who wander in the world avowedly and purposely in pursuit of happiness, who view every scene of present joy with an eye to what may succeed, certainly are more liable to disappointment, misfortune and unhappiness, than those who give up their fate to chance and take the goods and evils of fortune as they come, without making happiness their study, or misery their foresight.