Reflect upon your present blessings -- of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes -- of which all men have some.
Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith Mohler, 1994.
-- Charles Dickens, (Feb 7 1812-1870), English novelist, dramatist; He was one of most prolific and popular English novelists, e.g., A Christmas Carol, 1843 & Tale of Two Cities, 1859.