Those who talk most about the blessings of marriage and the
constancy of its vows are the very people read more

Those who talk most about the blessings of marriage and the
constancy of its vows are the very people who declare that if the
chain were broken and the prisoners were left free to choose, the
whole social fabric would fly asunder. You can't have the
argument both ways. If the prisoner is happy, why lock him in?
If he is not, why pretend that he is?

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.

. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.

. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.

He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of.

He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of.

Marriage should be a duet - when one sings, the other claps.

Marriage should be a duet - when one sings, the other claps.

The greatest happiness of life it the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in read more

The greatest happiness of life it the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. -Victor Hugo.

Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.

Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness.
Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten read more

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness.
Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten
lost.

We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
[Lat., In animi securitate vitam beatam ponimus.]

We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
[Lat., In animi securitate vitam beatam ponimus.]