Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.

Patience is the key to contentment.

Patience is the key to contentment.

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

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

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

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

Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy.

Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy.

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.

He that is well paid is well satisfied.

He that is well paid is well satisfied.

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.

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.