“I count myself in nothing else so happy—

As in a soul rememb’ring my good friends. . .”

—William Shakespeare (Bolingbroke in “King Richard the Second”)

“An elegant sufficiency, content, retirement, rural quiet—

Friendship, books, ease and alternate labour—

Useful life, progressive virtue, and approving Heaven. . .”

—James Thomson

“Take your time—

Do it at your own pace. . .

Enjoy the journey—

No matter how long it takes. . .”

—Jeff Goins

“Make sure you are working toward

what you really want. . .”

—Joanna Penn

“O grant me, Heaven, a middle state—

Neither too humble nor too great. . .

More than enough for nature’s ends—

With something left to treat my friends. . .”

—David Mallet

“O what a tangled web we weave—

When first we practise to deceive. . .”

—Sir Walter Scott

“‘Tis better to have loved and lost—

Than never to have loved at all. . .”

—Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron

“Happy the Man, and happy he alone. . .

He who can call to-day his own—

He who, secure within, can say. . .

To-morrow do thy worst—

For I have liv’d to-day. . .”

—John Dryden (“Translation of Horace”)

“Men’s natures are alike—

It is their habits that carry them far apart. . .”

—Confucius