Calm Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.

— Livy

Moderation in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.

— Edwin Percy Whipple

Prosperity has this property, it puffs up narrow Souls, makes them imagine themselves high and mighty, and look down upon the World with Contempt;…

— Plutarch

Prosperity can change man's nature; and seldom is any one cautious enough to resist the effects of good fortune. [Lat., Res secundae valent commutare…

— Quintus Curtius Rufus

Of cheerfulness, or a good temper - the more it is spent, the more of it remains.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happiness is prosperity combined with virtue.

— Aristotle

Prosperity demands of us more prudence and moderation than adversity.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Prosperity has this property; it puffs up narrow souls, makes them imagine themselves high and mighty, and leads them to look down upon the…

— Plutarch

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

— Earl Nightingale

The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle, but very powerful manner; so that we are but little aware of them and less…

— Francis Atterbury

A persuadable temper might sometimes be as much in favour of happiness as a very resolute character.

— Jane Austen