We are more unhappy to see people ahead of us than happy to see people behind us.

It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.

Petty vexations may at times be petty, but still they are vexations. The smallest and most inconsiderable annoyances are the most piercing. As small letters weary the eye most, so the smallest affairs disturb us most.

No man profiteth but by the loss of others.

It needs good management to enjoy life. I enjoy it twice as much as others, for the measure of enjoyment depends on the greater or less attention that we give to it...The shorter my possession of life the deeper and fuller I must make it.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.