One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.

One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.

Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.

Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.

Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, read more

Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.

It is not our circumstances that create our discontent or contentment. It is us.

It is not our circumstances that create our discontent or contentment. It is us.

It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are.

It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are.

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

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

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

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

Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a read more

Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and a happy purchase

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.