 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 Seiten
...small incidents and petty occurrences.' Ib. \\. 322. Dr. Franklin (Memoirs, i. 199) says:—'Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of...happen as by little advantages that occur every day.' ' Boswell wrote the next day:—' We sat till between two and three. He took me by the hand cordially,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 Seiten
...small incidents and petty occurrences." Ib. \\. 322. Dr. Franklin (Memoirs, i. 199) says:—'Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of...happen as by little advantages that occur every day.' ' Boswell wrote the next day:—' We sat till between two and three. He took me by the hand cordially,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 Seiten
...not censure very severely those who bestow some attention to affairs of this seemingly low nature. Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces...than in giving him a thousand guineas. This sum may be soon spent, the regret only remaining of having foolishly consumed it: but in the other case he... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 Seiten
...not censure very severely those, who bestow some attention to affairs of this seemingly low nature. Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces...than in giving him a thousand guineas. This sum may be soon spent, the regret only remaining of having foolishly consumed it; but in the other case, he... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 668 Seiten
...not censure very severely those, who bestow some attention to affairs of this seemingly low nature. Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces...poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor hi order, you may contribute more to the happiness of his life than in giving him a thousand guineas.... | |
 | Horatio Hastings Weld, John Frost - 1846 - 252 Seiten
...important offices, he was attentive to small things and small improvements. He correctly argues that " human felicity is produced, not so much by great pieces...than in giving him a thousand guineas! This sum may be soon spent, the regret only remaining of having foolishly consumed it; but, in the other case, he... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1847 - 722 Seiten
...cushion, or to be entombed in an ass's packsaddle. SHAKSPEARE. " Human felicity," says T)r. Franklin, " is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune...than in giving him a thousand guineas. This sum may be soon spent, the regret only remaining of having foolishly consumed it: but in the other case he... | |
 | Orville Luther Holley - 1848 - 534 Seiten
...is effected, and ordinary life influenced for good or for evil. " Human felicity," says Franklin, " is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune...contribute more to the happiness of his life than by giving him a thousand guineas. This sum may be soon spent, leaving only the regret of having foolishly... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Horatio Hastings Weld - 1849 - 592 Seiten
...will not censurevery severely those who bestow some attention to affairs of this seemingly low nature. Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces...than in giving him a thousand guineas. This sum may be soon spent, the regret only remaining of having foolishly consumed it; butin the other case, he... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Horatio Hastings Weld - 1849 - 602 Seiten
...not cen1 surevery severely those who bestow some attention to affairs of this seemingly low nature. Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces...than in giving him a thousand guineas. This sum may be soon spent, the regret only remaining of having foolishly consumed it; but in the other case, he... | |
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Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day. Thus if you teach a poor young man to shave himself and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the happiness... 
