He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

Peace at home seems to matter more to happiness than rank or wealth. A person with every advantage who dreads going home is worse off day to day than someone with little who returns each evening to calm and affection. The place you rest shapes every other part of your day. Not everyone has a peaceful home to return to, and if yours is not, that is a real hardship rather than a personal failing.

Look at what tends to disturb the peace where you live, and whether any of it is within your influence. One change, a gentler routine, a conversation, a quieter evening, can shift the whole atmosphere.