Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?

Let the character as it began be preserved to the last; and let it be consistent with itself.

His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from hour to hour.

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.

When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied with his own, as a matter of course.

The fellow is either a madman or a poet.

Capture the day, put minimum trust on tomorrow.