Without doubt I praise the wild excellence.
I scarcely know the meaning of your question; much less can I answer it.
Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.
It's my belief that history is a wheel. 'Inconstancy is my very essence,'? says the wheel. Rise up on my spokes if you like but don't complain when you're cast back down into the depths. Good times pass away, but then so do the bad. Mutability is our tragedy, but it's also our hope. The worst of times, like the best, are always passing away.
Whose happiness is so firmly established that he has no quarrel from any side with his estate of life?
Balance out the good things and the bad that have happened in your life and you will have to acknowledge that you are still way ahead. You are unhappy because you have lost those things in which you took pleasure? But you can also take comfort in the likelihood that what is now making you miserable will also pass away.
He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.
Tis true, 'tis day; what though it be? O wilt thou therefore rise from me? Why should we rise, because 'tis light? Did we lie down, because 'twas night? Love which in spite of darkness brought us hither Should in despite of light keep us together.
All drugs are poisons the benefit depends on the dosage.
Quality requires your Presence.
When Bush says democracy, I often wonder what he's referring to.