Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Recommend to your children virtues, that alone can make them happy, not gold.

From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized.

The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors.

Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.

A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.

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

It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.

Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world.

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think

But happiness is no respecter of persons.