Try to be like the turtle -- at ease in your own shell.

Try to be like the turtle -- at ease in your own shell.

One who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do. He has read more

One who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do. He has lain down to die, and the grass is already over him.

The contented man can be happy with what appears to be useless.

The contented man can be happy with what appears to be useless.

Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get.

Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get.

Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.

Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.

If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.