Let the misanthrope shun men and abjure; the most are rather lovable than hateful.
Thou hast seen many sorrows, travel-stained pilgrim of the world, But that which hath vexed thee most, hath been the looking for evil; And though calamities have crossed thee, and misery been heaped on thy head, Yet ills that never happened, have chiefly made thee wretched.
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
It is well to lie fallow for a while.
Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.
Take the good with the evil, for ye all are pensioners of God, and none may choose or refuse the cup His wisdom mixeth.