He who never leaves his home repines at his monotonous existence, and envies the traveller, whose life is a constant tissue of wonder and adventure; while he who is tossed about the world, looks back with many a sigh to the safe and quiet shore which he has abandoned.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
The evils which vitiate our happiness are the cowardice which dares not accept the blessings of life, the weakness which repines at what is inevitable, the restless desires which cannot enjoy the present and crave for what is beyond their reach, the apathy and insensibility to natural enjoyment, which are the necessary consequence of luxurious indulgence.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
Since that time her soul is fretting itself away; her body repines in fear of this man and in yearning for that other, whom love of her has driven away.
"The Silent Mill"
Hermann Sudermann