“It would be a considerable consolation to the poor and discontented could they but see the means whereby the wealth they covet has been acquired, or the misery that it entails.” MeanHas BeensWould BeWealthPoorPovertyMiseryConsolation Author:Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann
“Suicides pay the world a bad compliment. Indeed, it may so happen that the world has been beforehand with them in incivility. Granted. Even then the retaliation is at their own expense.” WorldMayHas BeensHappensPaySuicideGrantedExpensesComplimentRetaliationIncivility Author:Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann
“Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great have become little, and the little great.” WantLittlesHas BeensForgivenessFortuneRuinsRuined Author:Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann
