We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

Happiness is unrepentant pleasure.

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

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.