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.

He that is well paid is well satisfied.

He that is well paid is well satisfied.

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

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

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.

Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.

Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.

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

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

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.