Attainment is followed by neglect, and possession by disgust. The
malicious remark of the Greek epigrammatist on marriage may apply to
every other course of life,--that its two days of happiness are the
first and the last.--_Johnson._
~Posterity.~--Posterity preserves only what will pack into small compass.
Jewels are handed down from age to age, less portable valuables
disappear.--_Lord Stanley._
The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not
always be honored so soon as they are due, are sure to be paid with
compound interest in the end.--_Colton._
~Poverty.~--Many good qualities are not sufficient to balance a single
want--the want of money.--_Zimmerman._