The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others, dissatisfied with our own.]

A hungry stomach rarely despises common food.

To know all things is not permitted.

However rich or elevated, a name less something is always wanting to our imperfect fortune.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

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