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

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

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

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.

One who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do. He has read more

One who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do. He has lain down to die, and the grass is already over him.

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.

They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.

They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

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.