Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
Fortify yourself with contentment for this is an impregnable fortress.
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
Hours and days and months and years go by; the past returns no more, and what is to be we cannot know; but whatever the time gives us in which we live, we should therefore be content.
To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.
