if thou holdest to this, expecting nothing, fearing nothing, but satisfied with thy present activity according to nature, and with heroic truth in every word and sound which thou utterest, thou wilt live happy. And there is no man who is able to prevent this.

To accept it without arrogance, to let it go with indifference.

Let death surprise rue when it will, and where it will, I may be a happy man, nevertheless. For he is a happy man, who in his lifetime dealeth unto himself a happy lot and portion. A happy lot and portion is, good inclinations of the soul, good desires, good actions.

How to act: Never under compulsion, out of selfishness, without forethought, with misgivings. Don't gussy up your thoughts. No surplus words or unnecessary actions. Let the spirit in you represent a man, an adult, a citizen, a Roman, a ruler. Taking up his post like a soldier and patiently awaiting his recall from life. Needing no oath or witness. Cheerfulness. Without requiring other people's help. Or serenity supplied by others. To stand up straight—not straightened.

Think not so much of what thou hast not as of what thou hast: but of the things which thou hast select the best, and then reflect how eagerly they would have been sought, if thou hadst them not.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

Happy as a clam, is what my mother says for happy. I am happy as a clam: hard-shelled, firmly closed.

How were we to know we were happy?

This world is not enough, but it will have to do. You can either hold on or let go.

No one ever told you greed and hunger are not the same.

A return to traditional values. Waste not want not. I am not being wasted. Why do I want?

What could be done? We thought we had such problems. How were we to know we were happy?