When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied with his own, as a matter of course.
We are more speedily and fatally corrupted by domestic examples of vice, and particularly when they are impressed on our minds as from authority.
The short span of life forbids us to take on far-reaching hopes.
Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.
Do you count your birthdays with gratitude?
Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.