“no calamity greater than to be discontented with one's lot;”
“There is no calamity greater than lightly engaging in war.”
“...the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776.”
“Another sort of false prayers are our regrets. Discontent is the way of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will. Regret calamities, if you can thereby help the sufferer; if not, attend your own work, and already the evil begins to be repaired.”
“No greater glory, no greater honor, is the lot of man departing than a feeling possessed deep in his heart that the world is a better place for his having lived”
“There is no greater pleasure than winning a competition with one's sister and no greater sorrow than to see her suffer because of it.”