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

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

My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

Discontent is the seed of ethics

Discontent is the seed of ethics

It is right to be contented with what we have, but never with what we are.

It is right to be contented with what we have, but never with what we are.

He that is well paid is well satisfied.

He that is well paid is well satisfied.

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.

To the right, books; to the left, a tea-cup. In front of me, the fireplace; behind me, the post. There read more

To the right, books; to the left, a tea-cup. In front of me, the fireplace; behind me, the post. There is no greater happiness than this.

That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others.

That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others.