Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but read more

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he who thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.

It's never too late to have a happy childhood.

It's never too late to have a happy childhood.

You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.

You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.

There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness.

There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness.

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be read more

Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some future date.

'Twas a jolly old pedagogue, long ago,
Tall and slender, and sallow and dry;
His form was read more

'Twas a jolly old pedagogue, long ago,
Tall and slender, and sallow and dry;
His form was bent, and his gait was slow,
His long thin hair was white as snow,
But a wonderful twinkle shone in his eye.
And he sang every night as he went to bed,
"Let us be happy down here below:
The living should live, though the dead be dead."
Said the jolly old pedagogue long ago.

Priestly was the first (unless it was Becarria) who taught my
lips to pronounce this sacred truth--that the greatest read more

Priestly was the first (unless it was Becarria) who taught my
lips to pronounce this sacred truth--that the greatest happiness
of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and
legislation.