The one who prosperity takes too much delight in will be the most shocked by reverses.
As riches grow, care follows, and a thirst For more and more.
Better to accept whatever happens.
In a long work sleep may be naturally expected.
This was my prayer: an adequate portion of land with a garden and a spring of water and a small wood to complete the picture.
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.