An English man does not travel to see English men.

Men tire themselves in the pursuit of sleep

When a man is discontented with himself, it has one advantage - that it puts him into an excellent frame of mind for making a bargain

I am persuaded that every time a man smiles - but much more so when he laughs - it adds something to this fragment of life

When a man is discontented with himself, it has one advantage - that it puts him into an excellent frame of mind for making a bargain.

Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness.