Satisfaction

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves

The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort

Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success

The way to know life is to love many things

Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love

There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart.

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game

True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions

Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion

The important question is not what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world

I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some