2 Maxim 19. We have all sufficient strength to endure the misfortunes of others. 3 Maxim 22. We need greater virtues to sustain good than evil fortune. Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
Interest speaks all sorts of tongues, and plays all sorts of parts, even that of disinterestedness.
We are never so happy or so unhappy as we suppose. Translated by Samuel Johnson. See Goldsmith, Quotation 75 .