Like nature itself, modern economic life is driven by relentless competition and unbridled selfishness. Or is it?
If there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good?
Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.
It's my belief that history is a wheel. 'Inconstancy is my very essence,'? says the wheel. Rise up on my spokes if you like but don't complain when you're cast back down into the depths. Good times pass away, but then so do the bad. Mutability is our tragedy, but it's also our hope. The worst of times, like the best, are always passing away.
Whose happiness is so firmly established that he has no quarrel from any side with his estate of life?
Balance out the good things and the bad that have happened in your life and you will have to acknowledge that you are still way ahead. You are unhappy because you have lost those things in which you took pleasure? But you can also take comfort in the likelihood that what is now making you miserable will also pass away.
He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.
. . . painfully curious. . . about how it feels to fall.
Do not be perturbed with by an ill-bred person; in most cases the one who is unsociable has a liver complaint and bad nerves.
I don't think that (U. S. President) George Bush. . . is a man of honor.
Once in Persia reigned a king Who upon his signet ring Graved a maxim true and wise, Which if held before the eyes Gave him counsel at a glance Fit for every change and chance. Solemn words, and these are they: "Even this shall pass away. "