We carry the seeds of happiness with us wherever we go.

We carry the seeds of happiness with us wherever we go.

I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.

I am still determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may be.

I am still determined to be cheerful and to be happy in whatever situation I may be, for I have also learnt from experianence that the greater part of our happiness or misary depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances; we carry the seeds of the one, or the other about with us, in our minds, wherever we go.

I live a very dull life here... indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.

Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.