| What's Ben |
What's Verse |
Serenity & Discontent
see also CONSCIENCE & FUN and VIRTUE & CORRUPTION. |
| He that can compose himself is wiser than he that composes books. [1737] | Tiger, turn green:
Kitty's serene. |
Who is rich? He that
rejoices in his Portion. [1744] | Grateful?
Plateful. |
| Content makes poor men rich; Discontent makes rich men poor. [1749] | Dour?
Poor. |
| Sorrow is good for nothing but sin. [1750] | Vice domineers -
Its henchmen, your tears. |
The discontented Man finds
no easy Chair. [1753] | Inner storm?
No nest's warm. |
A Change of Fortune hurts
a wise Man no more than a
Change of the Moon. [1756] | Picture all you fear and hope
As a toy kaleidoscope |
| Nothing dries sooner than a Tear. [1757] | Lips frown -
Then clown. |
| Content is the Philosopher's Stone, that turns all it touches into Gold. [1758] | Prone to purr?
Fears no cur. |
Tranquility: Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents
common or unavoidable. [Virtue 11] | What? To rifles
Over trifles? |
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