Who said “Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within,…”?

“A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.”

“It is right to be contented with what we have, but never with what we are.”

“To be content with life -- or to live merrily, rather --all that is required is that we bestow on all things only a fleeting, superficial glance; the more thoughtful we become the more earnest we grow.”

“If the book is good, is about something that you know, and is truly written, and reading it over you see that this is so, you can let the boys yip and the noise will have that pleasant sound coyotes make on a very cold night when they are out in the snow and you are in your own cabin that you have built or paid for with your work.”

“He that is well paid is well satisfied.”

“Beware the fury of a patient man.”

“All have not the gift of martyrdom.”

“Self-defence is nature's eldest law”

“Jealousy, the jaundice of the soul.”

“Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.”

“Resolved to ruin or to rule the state.”