Quotes About Contentment

A man's wealth is measured by what he doesn't need.

And pray what more can a reasonable man desire, in peaceful times, in ordinary noons, than a sufficient number of ears of green sweet corn boiled, with the addition of salt?

A man must be of a very quiet and happy nature, who can long endure the country; and, moreover, very well contented with his own insignificant person.

If a man has come to that point where he is no content that he says; I do not want to know any more, or do any more or be any more, he is in a state in which he ought to be changed into a mummy.

What is the disposition which makes men rejoice in good bargains? There are few people who will not be benefited by pondering over the morals of shopping.

Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.

The possession of a great many things, even the best of things, tends to blind one to the real value of anything.

I don't need a man. I'm really happy with myself and being with my friends.

The best thing in the world [is] a strong house held in serenity where man and wife agree.

Those who want much, are always much in need; happy the man to whom God gives with a sparing hand what is sufficient for his wants.

The covetous man is ever in want.

To marvel at nothing is just about the one and only thing, Numicius, that can make a man happy and keep him that way.

When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied with his own, as a matter of course.

That man lives happy and in command of himself, who from day to day can say I have lived. Whether clouds obscure, or the sun illumines the following day, that which is past is beyond recall.

Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even a sparing hand.

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Men do not know how to appreciate and measure luck except that of others. Their own never.

So long as you do not quarrel with sin, you will never be a truly happy man.

The happiest man on earth would be able to use the Mirror of Erised like a normal mirror, that is, he would look into it and see himself exactly as he is. Does that help?

Man cannot live by profit alone.

To the lazy man the world appears bereft of all blessings; if poor, he has no friends; if rich, he has no ambition; he aims at nothing, and generally hits his mark.

I never met the second happiest man, or the first happiest man, so I can't judge where I fall into that category.

A man would always wish to give a woman a better home than the one he takes her from; and he who can do it, where there is no doubt of her regard, must, I think, be the happiest of mortals.

Nations and men are only the best when they are the gladdest, and deserve heaven when they enjoy it.