You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man; a contented mind confers it on all. Hor.
You watch figures in the fields, digging and delving with spade or pick. You see one of them from time to time straightening his loins, and wiping his face with the back of his hand.... It is there that for me you must seek true humanity and great poetry. Millet.
You were used / To say, extremity was the trier of spirits; / That common chances common men could bear; / That when the sea was calm, all boats alike / Showed mastership in floating. Coriolanus, iv. 1.
You who are ashamed of your poverty, and 35 blush for your calling, are a snob; as are you who boast of your pedigree, or are proud of your wealth. Thackeray.
You who follow wealth and power with unremitting ardour, / The more in this you look for bliss, you leave your view the farther. Burns.
You who forget your friends, meanly to follow after those of a higher degree, are a snob. Thackeray.
You will as often find a great man above, as below, his reputation, when once you come to know him. Goethe.
You will catch more flies with a spoonful of honey than with a cask of vinegar. Eastern Pr.
You will find angling to be like the virtue of 40 humility, which has a calmness of spirit and a world of other blessings attending upon it. Izaac Walton.
You will find rest unto your souls when first you take on you the yoke of Christ, but joy only when you have borne it as long as He wills. Ruskin.