It can never be expected that things should be, in all respects,
agreeable to our wishes; and, if they are not very bad indeed, we
ought, in many cases, to be contented with them; lest when, through
impatience, we precipitately quit our present condition of life, we may
to our sorrow find, with the old saying, that seldom comes a better.
Before we attempt any alteration of moment, we should be certain what
state it will produce; for, when things are already bad, to make them
worse by trying experiments, is an argument of great weakness and folly,
and is sure to be attended with a too late repentance. Grievances, if
really such, ought by all means to be redressed, provided we can be
assured of doing it with success: but we had better, at any time, bear
with some inconvenience, than make our condition worse by attempting to
mend it.