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Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
HAPPINESS, NEVER MAKE FRIENDS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE ABOVE OR BELOW YOU IN STATUS
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.
HAPPINESS, SUFFERING IS NOT A PUNISHMENT
The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.
HAPPINESS, LIFE DEPENDS LESS ON WHAT BEFALLS
Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself.
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future it is something you design for the present.
HAPPINESS, SOMETHING YOU DESIGN FOR THE PRESENT
Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.
HAPPINESS, HAPPINESS DOES NOT COME FROM DOING EASY WORK