The spectacle of a prosperous man whose condition is rendered vain by his brotherless, childless isolation (Ecclesiastes 4:8).

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Two [are] better than one The wise man takes occasion, from the solitariness Of the covetous man before described, to sho…

Surely, he has more satisfaction in life, who labours hard to maintain those he loves, than the miser has in his toil. In all things, union tends t…