However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.

However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.

When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter read more

When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter of course.

You may be on land, yet not in a garden.

You may be on land, yet not in a garden.

And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.

And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.

Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing
else in this world.

Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing
else in this world.

He tells old wives' tales much to the point.

He tells old wives' tales much to the point.

And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.

And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.

To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.

To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.

Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.

Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.