Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

True happiness...is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness.

I think the thing to do is to enjoy the ride while you're on it.

Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.

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

If you deliberately set out to be less than you are capable, you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life.

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.

Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.

Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving, mercy?

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

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

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

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.

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