Therearetwotypesofpeopleintheworld．Althoughtheyhaveequaldegreesofhealthandwealthandothercomfortsoflifeonebecomeshappytheotherbecomesmiserable．Thisarisesfromthedifferentwaysinwhichtheyconsiderthingspersonsandeventsandtheresultingeffectsupontheirminds．

Thepeoplewhoaretobehappyfixtheirattentionontheconveniencesofthings：thepleasantpartsofconversationthewell-prepareddishesthegoodnessofthewinesandthefineweather．Theyenjoyallthecheerfulthings．Thosewhoaretobeunhappythinkandspeakonlyofthecontrarythings．Thereforetheyarecontinuallydiscontented．Bytheirremarkstheysourthepleasuresofsocietyoffendmanypeopleandmakethemselvesdisagreeableeverywhere．Ifthisturnofmindwerefoundedinnaturesuchunhappypersonswouldbethemoretobecritical．Thetendencytocriticizeandbedisgustedisperhapstakenuporiginallybyimitation．Itgrowsintoahabitunknowntoitspossessors．Thehabitmaybestrongbutitmaybecuredwhenthosewhohaveitareconvincedofitsbadeffectsontheirinterestsandtastes．Ihopethislittlewarningmaybeofservicetothemandhelpthemchangethishabit．

Althoughinfactitischieflyanactoftheimaginationithasseriousconsequencesinlifesinceitbringsondeepsorrowandbadluck．Thosepeopleoffendmanyothersnobodylovesthemandnoonetreatsthemwithmorethanthemostcommonpolitenessandrespectandscarcelythat．Thisfrequentlyputstheminbadtemperanddrawthemintoarguments．Iftheyaimatobtainingsomeadvantageinrankorfortunenobodywishesthemsuccess．Norwillanyonestirasteporspeakawordtofavortheirhopes．

Iftheybringonthemselvespublicdisapprovalnoonewilldefendorexcusethemandmanywilljointocriticizetheirmisconduct．Thesepeopleshouldchangethisbadhabitandcondescend(俯就)tobepleasedwithwhatispleasingwithoutworryingneedlesslyaboutthemselvesandothers．Iftheydonotitwillbegoodforotherstoavoidanycontactwiththem．Otherwiseitcanbedisagreeableandsometimesveryincon