Helpless, unknown, and unremembered, most human beings, however sensitive, idealistic, intelligent, go through life as passengers rather than chauffeurs. Although read more

Helpless, unknown, and unremembered, most human beings, however sensitive, idealistic, intelligent, go through life as passengers rather than chauffeurs. Although we may pretend that it is the chauffeur who is the social inferior, most of us, like Toad of Toad Hall, would not mind a turn at the wheel ourselves.

Who among us hasn't envied a cat's ability to ignore the cares of daily life and to relax completely?

Who among us hasn't envied a cat's ability to ignore the cares of daily life and to relax completely?

Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby
Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.

Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby
Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.

As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.

As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.

I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on.

I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on.

Envy, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave,
Is emulation in the learn'd or brave.

Envy, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave,
Is emulation in the learn'd or brave.

How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.

How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.

Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.

Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.

Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.

Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.