Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather read more

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.

If you can look back on your life with contentment, you have one of man's most precious gifts -- a read more

If you can look back on your life with contentment, you have one of man's most precious gifts -- a selective memory.

My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

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.

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 secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire read more

The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach.

Man will do many things to get himself loved; he will do all things to get himself envied

Man will do many things to get himself loved; he will do all things to get himself envied

If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper read more

If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.