The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and endure very much - William Hazlitt

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

In some situations, if you say nothing, you are called dull; if you talk, you are thought impertinent and arrogant. It is hard to know what to do in this case. The question seems to be, whether your vanity or your prudence predominates.

We grow tired of every thing but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects.