Where other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given.
– Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 42. Having learned that he married a foolish and ignorant woman, a disappointed Mr. Bennet seeks refuge in making human folly his pastime. He finds plenty of entertainment material in Mrs. Bennet and has no respect for her. The fuller quote: "To his wife he was very little otherwise indebted, than as her ignorance and folly had contributed to his amusement. This is not the sort of happiness which a man would in general wish to owe to his wife; but where other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given."