His faculty of enjoyment was so large, so unconsciously eager, that it may be said of it that it had a permanent advance upon embarrassment and sorrow.

His sentient faculty was intrinsically joyous, and novelty and change were in themselves a delight to him.

As they had come to him with a great deal of frequency, his life had been more agreeable than appeared.
Never was a nature more perfectly fortunate.

It was not a restless, apprehensive, ambitious spirit, running a race with the tyranny of fate, but a temper so unsuspicious as to put Adversity off her guard, dodging and evading her with the easy, natural motion of a wind-shifted flower.

Felix extracted entertainment from all things, and all his faculties--his imagination, his intelligence, his affections, his senses--had a hand in the game.