"And sigh that one thing only has been lent
To youth and age in common - discontent."
- MATTHEW ARNOLD, Youth's Agitations

"Does he paint? he fain would write a poem,
Does he write? he fain would paint a picture."
- ROBERT BROWNING, One Word More

"Let thy discontents be thy secrets; - if the world knows them `t will despise thee and increase them." - BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Poor Richard's Almanac

"Ever let the Fancy roam,
Pleasure never is at home."
- JOHN KEATS, Fancy

"A cucumber is bitter. Throw it away. There are briars in the road. Turn aside from them. This is enough. Do not add, And why were such things made in the world?" - MARCUS AURELIUS, Meditations

"The splendid discontent of God
With Chaos, made the world;
. . . And from the discontent of man
The world's best progress springs."
- ELLA WHEELER WILCOX, Discontent