Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.

Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.

Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his read more

Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground.

Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.

Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.

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.

Happiness exists only if you have a lot of people to share it with.

Happiness exists only if you have a lot of people to share it with.

Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to read more

Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.

Many persons have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity read more

Many persons have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others,
And in their pleasure takes joy, read more

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others,
And in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.

Happiness is not pleasure, it's victory.

Happiness is not pleasure, it's victory.