He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.

He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.

What a miserable thing life is: you're living in clover, only the clover isn't good enough.

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.

To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life.

When you are in Rome you long to be in the country, and when you are in the country you praise the distant town to the skies.

It is a flaw In happiness, to see beyond our bourn,- It forces us in summer skies to mourn, It spoils the singing of the nightingale.

Wealth ... and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation. Bad will be the day for every man when he becomes absolutely contented with the life that he is living, with the thoughts that he is thinking, and with the deeds that he is doing.