Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

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.

Now, that's enough.
[Lat., Ohe! jam satis est.]

Now, that's enough.
[Lat., Ohe! jam satis est.]

Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

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.

He who is not satisfied with himself will grow; he who is not sure of his own correctness will learn read more

He who is not satisfied with himself will grow; he who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things.

As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living.
Satisfaction is death.

As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living.
Satisfaction is death.

A man who is always satisfied with himself is seldom so with others, and others as little pleased with him

A man who is always satisfied with himself is seldom so with others, and others as little pleased with him