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

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

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

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once read more

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

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

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

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

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.