"Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself" — Plutarch

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important

Source: A Case of Identity (1891)

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance

Source: Pride and Prejudice (1813)

All our discontents about what we want appeared to me to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.

Source: The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

My heart leaps up when I behold A Rainbow in the sky:

Source: Poems in Two Volumes, My Heart Leaps Up (1807)

I celebrate myself, and sing myself,

Source: Leaves of Grass, Song of Myself (1892 edition)

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself.

Source: Ethics, part 5, proposition 42 (1677)

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