Never pry into the lives of others. You may believe you merely wish to know how they fare, yet too often you seek only to assure yourself that you have not fallen behind. So long as you await another's fortune to measure your own worth, you will never see enough. You need not prove another's misfortune to permit yourself a good life. Life is worthy of earnest devotion simply because it is your own, not because it has triumphed over anyone else.