Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things.

If we did not have pride, we would not complain of it in others.

The truest mark of being born with great qualities is to be born without envy.

If we had no faults, we would not derive so much pleasure from noting those of other people.

We would rather see those to whom we do good, than those who do good to us.

Some beautiful things are more dazzling when they are still imperfect than when they have been too perfectly crafted.

The temperament that produces a talent for little things is the opposite of that required for great ones.

One is never as happy or as unhappy as one thinks.