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

Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.

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

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

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

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

Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.