Take the selfishness out of the world and there would be more happiness than we should know what to do with.
—H. W. Shaw.
1748
"There is no harm in being respected in this world, as I have found out," said Thackeray, "and if you don't brag a little for yourself, depend on it there is no person of your acquaintance who will tell the world of your merits, and take the trouble off your hands."
1749
Common sense among men born to fortune is rare.
—Juvenal.
1750
He lacks sense who broods over the past.