That's a miserable and cursed word, to say I had, when what I have is nothing.

In misfortune if you cultivate a cheerful disposition you will reap the advantage of it.

If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.

There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother.

I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.

For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed.

Enemies carry a report in form different from the original.