"And sigh that one thing only has been lent To youth and age in common,—discontent."

"In such a strait the wisest may well be perplexed, and the boldest staggered."

"Whoe'er was edified, themselves were not."

"How is it Maecenas, that no one lives contented with his lot, whether he has planned it for himself or fate has flung…"

"Past and to come seem best; things present worst."

"I see your brows are full of discontent, Your hearts of sorrow and your eyes of tears."

"I know a discontented gentleman, Whose humble means match not his haughty mind."

"When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my boo…"

"I was born to other things."

"Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation."