“No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable
“Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness
“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.
“Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh
“True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions
“Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt
“Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
“The important question is not what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount
“Those who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty
“There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice
“Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable
“At the door of every happy person there should be a man with a hammer whose knock would serve as a constant reminder of the existence of unfortunate people
“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder
“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome
“The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful