Quotes About Contentment

I won't quarrel with my bread and butter.

The clearest sign of wisdom is continued cheerfulness.

A man of gladness seldom falls into madness.

Look for a sweet person. Forget rich.

A wife is the joy of a man's heart.

A bird can roost but on one branch. A mouse can drink no more than its fill from a river.

I earn that I eat, get that I wear, owe no man hate, envy no man's happiness; glad of other men's good, content with my harm.

Be content to stand in the light, and let the shadow fall where it will.

We must have the courage to be happy.

None are happy but by the anticipation of change. The change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again.

Sometimes I found that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had ever been miserable.

That's the advantage of having lived sixty-five years. You don't feel the need to be impatient any longer.

Serene I fold my hands and wait.

Nothing ever tasted any better than a cold beer on a beautiful afternoon with nothing to look forward to but more of the same.

A man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry.

Better halfe a loafe than no bread.

A tavern chair is the throne of human felicity.

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it.

All the great pleasures in life are silent.

From desire I plunge to its fulfilment, where I long once more for desire.

All we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

A well-spent day brings happy sleep.

It is a delicious moment, certainly, that of being well-nestled in bed and feeling that you shall drop gently to sleep. The good is to come, not past; the limbs are tired enough to render the remaining in one posture delightful; the labor of the day is gone.

Do not lose your inward peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.