It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.
Roger L'EstrangeTo be longing for this thing to-day and for that thing to-morrow; to change likings for loathings, and to stand wishing and hankering at a venture--how is it possible for any man to be at rest in this fluctuant, wandering humor and opinion?
Roger L'EstrangeFigure-flingers and star-gazers pretend to foretell the fortunes of kingdoms, and have no foresight in what concerns themselves.
Roger L'Estrange