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.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction

Enough is as good as a feast.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Give me, indulgent gods! with mind serene,
And guiltless heart, to range the sylvan scene;
No splendid read more

Give me, indulgent gods! with mind serene,
And guiltless heart, to range the sylvan scene;
No splendid poverty, no smiling care,
No well-bred hate, or servile grandeur, there.

A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.

A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full
effort is full victory.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full
effort is full victory.

There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
[Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio est.]

There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
[Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio est.]

To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.

To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.