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

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

The intention that man should be happy is not in the plan of Creation.

Different men seek ... happiness in different ways and by different means.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful much adulated, very famous and very unhappy

Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.

We were together. I forget the rest.

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.

Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.

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

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

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

Be joyful because it is humanly possible.

All who would win joy, must share it; happiness was born a twin.

It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.

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

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.