# Friends on the Shelf

Author: Torrey, Bradford, 1843-1912

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67810

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Friends+on+the+Shelf+Torrey&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Happy is the man who enjoys _himself_. His are the true riches. Saving physical pain and mortal illness, few evils can touch him. He may lose friends and make enemies; all the powers of the world may seem to have combined against him; he may work hard and fare worse; poverty may sit at his table and share his bed; but he is not to be greatly pitied. His good things are within. He enjoys him_self_. He has found the secret that the rest of men are all, more or less consciously, looking for,--how to be happy though miserable. It seems an easy method; nothing could be less complicated: simply to enjoy one’s own mind. The thing is to do it.

## Chapters

- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/friends-on-the-shelf-67810/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/friends-on-the-shelf-67810/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/friends-on-the-shelf-67810/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/friends-on-the-shelf-67810/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/friends-on-the-shelf-67810/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/friends-on-the-shelf-67810/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/friends-on-the-shelf-67810/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/friends-on-the-shelf-67810/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/friends-on-the-shelf-67810/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/friends-on-the-shelf-67810/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/friends-on-the-shelf-67810/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/friends-on-the-shelf-67810/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/friends-on-the-shelf-67810/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/friends-on-the-shelf-67810/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/friends-on-the-shelf-67810/chapters/15/index.md)