Happiness consists in being perfectly satisfied with what we have got, and with what we haven't got.
826
Happiness consists not in possessing much, but in being content with what we possess. He who wants little, always has enough.
827
A cottage will hold as much happiness as would stock a palace.
—Hamilton.
828
With "gentleness" his own character, "comfort" in his house, and "good temper" in his wife, the earthly felicity of man may be said to be complete.
—From the German.