“That man is most blessed, who receives his daily bread with gratitude and thankfulness from the hand of God; and he who does so, experiences a pleasure that exceeds description.”
Kalakaua (1836-1891) was the last reigning king of the Kingdom of Hawaii, as recounted by Edward Parsons Day in Day’s Collacon of Prose Quotations (International Printing and Publishing Office: New York, 1884) 345.