Quotes About Contentment

Quando dunque diciamo che il bene è il piacere, […] intendiamo […] quanto aiuta il corpo a non soffrire e l'animo a essere sereno.

Mandami un pentolino di formaggio, perché io possa far baldoria quando ne ho voglia.

To be rich is not the end, but only a change, of worries.

Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs...

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

He who is calm disturbs neither himself nor others.

Of all things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully.

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.

He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.

The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.

He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

We must, therefore, pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything; but when it is absent, we do everything to possess it.

It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.

Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.

He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.

If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them, so great a treasure of self-sufficiency has he found.