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

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

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.

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.

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

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

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

The contented man can be happy with what appears to be useless.

The contented man can be happy with what appears to be useless.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once read more

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

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