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.

Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy.

Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy.

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

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.

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

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

We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.

We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.

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.

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.

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

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