486
Those men are wise who do not desire the unattainable, who do not love to mourn over what is lost, and are not overwhelmed by calamities.
Mahābhārata.
487
Let him take heart who does advance, even in the smallest degree.
Plato.
488
A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child.*
Chinese.
Notes
* Cf. Pope, in his Epitaph on the poet Gay:
Of manners gentle, of affections mild;
In wit a man, simplicity, a child.