BE THANKFUL for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never ever have enough.

Your base level of pleasure is determined by how you view your whole world

For me, just waking up "clothed in my right mind," being able to put my feet on the floor, walk to the bathroom, and do what needs to be done there is five stars. I've heard many stories of people who aren't healthy enough to do that.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.

They must often change who would remain constant in happiness and wisdom.

I got what I needed instead of what I wanted and that's just about the best kind of luck you can have.

A man gets older, he said, he finds they's lots of things he can do jest as well without and so he don't have to worry about this and that the way a young feller will. I worked near all my life and never had nothin. Seems like a old man'd be allowed his rest but then he comes to find they's things you have to do on account of nobody else wants to attend to em... Most ever man loves peace, he said, and none better than a old man.

If I think about what I wanted as a kid and what I want now they aint the same thing. I guess what I wanted wasnt what I wanted.

And that would be my life. And I would be happy.

If we're honest, most of us are doing okay.

Good God, what does it matter? If life is a tragedy, or a farce, or a disaster, or anything else, what do I care! Let life be what it likes. Give me a drink, that's what I want just now.