If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.

If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

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.

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.

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.

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

To the right, books; to the left, a tea-cup. In front of me, the fireplace; behind me, the post. There read more

To the right, books; to the left, a tea-cup. In front of me, the fireplace; behind me, the post. There is no greater happiness than this.

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.

One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.

One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.