How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room with something more than furniture.
In larger things we are convivial; what causes trouble is the trivial.
Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. We lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances that, in a year's time, will be forgotten by us and by everybody. No, let us devote our life to worthwhile actions and feelings, to great thoughts, real affections and enduring undertakings.
Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.