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He that is well paid is well satisfied.
He that is well paid is well satisfied.
You can't stop loving or wanting to love because when its right, it's the best thing in the world. When read more
You can't stop loving or wanting to love because when its right, it's the best thing in the world. When you're in a relationship and it's good, even if nothing else in your life is right, you feel like your whole world is complete.
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, after all, simply refined indolence.
Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.
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.
The contented man can be happy with what appears to be useless.
The contented man can be happy with what appears to be useless.
My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.
My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.
Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.
Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.
Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for read more
Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for; and with obscurity, for being unenvied.