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What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

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.

When I lay my head on the pillow at night I can say I was a decent person today. That’s when I feel beautiful.

I have never felt bereft of anything.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.

My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.

Now I’m having to live with sales of around 50,000 per album – but I’m pretty content with my place in the general scheme of things, even if it’s meant I don’t drive a fancy car and can’t afford grand vacations.