The mind is ever ingenious in making its own distress.
The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.
Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray.
The ambitious are forever followed by adulation for they receive the most pleasure from flattery.
All that philosophy can teach is to be stubborn or sullen under misfortunes.
Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.