’Tis well to be Content in what Place or Condition soever we are; without
being yet so Fond of it as not to be prepar’d for any Change or Chance
that may Befal us. A Good Patriot loves his Own Country Best, but yet in
case of Necessity, or a Fair Convenience, the Whole Globe of the Earth
is an Honest Man’s Country, and he reckons himself at home wherever he
is. The _Mouse_ was _Well_ in the _Chest_; but she found her self Better
afterwards in the World, which serves to tell us that we may be Happy in
a Private Life, as well as in a Publique, and that by the Benefit either
of a Christian, or a Philosophical Resignation to our Lot, whatever it
is, we may be so wherever we are.