Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.

They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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