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

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

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

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 very linearly [sic] wish you would exert yourself so as to keep all your matters in order your self without depending on others as that is the only way to be happy to have all your business in your own hands.

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

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