Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
If you count the sunny and the cloudy days of the whole year, you will find that the sunshine predominates.
A good disposition is a virtue in itself, and it is lasting; the burden of the years cannot depress it, and love that is founded on it endures to the end.
Few people want the pleasures they are free to take.