“He who is wise does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”
“For if we had any sense, what else should we do, both in public and in private, than sing hymns and praise the deity, and recount all the favours that he has conferred!”
“Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.”
“Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.”
“Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.”
“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing.”
“The fool's life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.”
“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
“Asked, Who is the rich man? Epictetus replied, “He who is content.”
“In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence.”