A large retinue upon a small income, like a large cascade upon a small stream, tends to discover its tenuity.
William ShenstoneGlory relaxes often and debilitates the mind; censure stimulates and contracts,--both to an extreme. Simple fame is, perhaps, the proper medium.
William ShenstoneI know not whether increasing years do not cause us to esteem fewer people and to bear with more.
William Shenstone