Poor and content is rich and rich enough,
But riches, fineless, is as poor as winter
To him that ever fears he shall be poor.
Othello, Act iii. Sc. 3. SHAKESPEARE.
From labor health, from health contentment spring;
Contentment opes the source of every joy.
The Minstrel, Bk. I. J. BEATTIE.
What happiness the rural maid attends,
In cheerful labor while each day she spends!
She gratefully receives what Heaven has sent,
And, rich in poverty, enjoys content.
Rural Sports, Canto II. J. GAY.
My crown is in my heart, not on my head;
Not decked with diamonds and Indian stones,
Nor to be seen: my crown is called content;
A crown it is that seldom kings enjoy.
K. Henry VI., Pt. III. Act iii. Sc. 1. SHAKESPEARE.
Shut up
In measureless content.
Macbeth, Act ii. Sc. 1. SHAKESPEARE.
CONVERSATION.
Discourse, the sweeter banquet of the mind.
The Odyssey, Bk. XV. HOMER. Trans. of POPE.
With good and gentle-humored hearts
I choose to chat where'er I come,
Whate'er the subject be that starts.
But if I get among the glum
I hold my tongue to tell the truth
And keep my breath to cool my broth.
Careless Content. LORD BYRON.
But conversation, choose what theme we may,
And chiefly when religion leads the way,
Should flow, like waters after summer show'rs,
Not as if raised by mere mechanic powers.
Conversation. W. COWPER.
In general those who nothing have to say
Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it.
An Oriental Apologue. J.R. LOWELL.