Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.

What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable.

Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it.

Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens.

I do believe that if you haven't learnt about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness.

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.

Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.