Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Content
Content as infant smiling through its dreams.
—William Allingham
Content as the males of Adrianus.
—Anonymous
A contented man is like a good tennis-player, who never fatigues and confounds himself running eternally after the ball, but stays till it comes to him.
—Anonymous
Contented as a Fox when the Hounds were drawn off and gone home from him.
—Colley Cibber
Her sweet content is like a flattering glass to make my face seem fairer to mine eye.
—Thomas Heywood
Mutual content is like a river, which must have its banks on either side.
—Alain René Le Sage