There are as many preferences as there are men.
A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
Little folks become their little fate.
That man lives happy and in command of himself, who from day to day can say I have lived. Whether clouds obscure, or the sun illumines the following day, that which is past is beyond recall.
Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
Let the fictitious sources of pleasure be as near as possible to the true.