Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

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

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

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

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.

Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.

Some cause happiness wherever they go others whenever they go.

The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.