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.

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

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

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.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

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

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

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

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

Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.

Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.

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.

There are two kinds of discontent in this world. The discontent that works, and the discontent that wrings its hands. read more

There are two kinds of discontent in this world. The discontent that works, and the discontent that wrings its hands. The first gets what it wants. The second loses what it has. There's no cure for the first, but success and there's no cure at all for the second.