For what prevents us from saying that the happy life is to have a mind
that is free, lofty, fearless and steadfast – a mind that is placed
beyond the reach of fear, beyond the reach of desire, that counts virtue
the only good, baseness the only evil, and all else but a worthless mass
of things, which come and go without increasing or diminishing the
highest good, and neither subtract any part from the happy life nor add
any part to it?
A man thus grounded must, whether he wills or not, necessarily be
attended by constant cheerfulness and a joy that is deep and issues from
deep within, since he finds delight in his own resources, and desires no
joys greater than his inner joys.