Quote #20268
A great obstacle to happiness is to anticipate too great a happiness.
Quote #26960
It’s counter to common sense, but common sense is only based on a very...
Quote #17939
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
Quote #22315
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the...
Quote #23625
We become wiser by adversity prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
Quote #3464
Five senses; an incurably abstract intellect; a haphazardly selective memory; a set of preconceptions...
Quote #22054
I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd...
Quote #7163
The wise determine from the gravity of the case; the irritable, from sensibility to...
Quote #9962
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness...
Quote #9156
Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is...