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The great end of prudence is to give cheerfulness to those hours which splendor cannot gild, and acclamation cannot exhilarate.

Samuel Johnson
Giving, Splendor, Hours
Samuel Johnson (1820). “The Rambler”, p.358
The great end of prudence is to give cheerfulness to those hours which splendor cannot gild, and acclamation cannot exhilarate.