Few of us can stand prosperity—another man's I mean. - Mark Twain

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things except one! keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.

. . . man never does a single thing which has any first and foremost object except one—to secure peace of mind, spiritual comfort, for himself.

I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English — it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don't let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in. When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don't mean utterly, but kill most of them — then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are wide apart. An adjective habit, or a wordy, diffuse, flowery habit, once fastened upon a person, is as hard to get rid of as any other vice.