Patience is the key to contentment.

Patience is the key to contentment.

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.

Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.

Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.

Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.

Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.

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.

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.

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

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

Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

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

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