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

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

Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.

Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.

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

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.

If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper read more

If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.

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.

Patience is the key to contentment.

Patience is the key to contentment.

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.

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.