Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others.

What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others.

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

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

Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.

Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

He that is well paid is well satisfied.

He that is well paid is well satisfied.

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.

The truth is that parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet.

The truth is that parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet.

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.