Where two discourse, if the one's anger rise,
The man who lets the contest fall is wise.
—Plutarch.
369
"I never complained of my condition but once," said an old man, "when my feet were bare and I had no money to buy shoes; but I met a man without feet, and became contented."
370
It is right to be contented with what we have, but never with what we are.
—Sir James Mackintosh.
371
A favorite saying of the beloved Dr. John A. Broaddus was: "It is better to like what you have, than to have what you like."
—Christian Observer.