Preserve a sense of proportion in your attitude to everything that pleases you, and make the most of them while they are at their best.

See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse.

There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.