Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

Comfort, n. A state of mind produced by contemplation of a neighbor's uneasiness.

The seat of perfect contentment is in the head; for every individual is thoroughly satisfied with his own proportion of brains.

If happiness in self-content is placed, The wise are wretched, and fools only blessed.

The man who thinks his wife, his baby, his house, his horse, his dog, and himself severally unequalled, is almost sure to be a good-humored person, though liable to be tedious at times.

The form most contradictory to human life that can appear among the human species is the "self-sat-isfied man."

Complacency is the enemy of study. We cannot really learn anything until we rid ourselves of complacency.

The path is smooth that leadeth on to danger.