The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one has to do.

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one has to do.

We refused to assume - one of the central obligations of parenthood: to make ourselves the final authority on good read more

We refused to assume - one of the central obligations of parenthood: to make ourselves the final authority on good and bad, right and wrong, and to take the consequences of what might turn out to be a lifetime battle

Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation

Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation

Philosophers are capable of almost endless enjoyment of mutual misunderstanding.

Philosophers are capable of almost endless enjoyment of mutual misunderstanding.

Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are
ways and means of compounding such matters.

Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are
ways and means of compounding such matters.

Sleep, riches, and health, to be truly enjoyed, must be
interrupted.

Sleep, riches, and health, to be truly enjoyed, must be
interrupted.

I believe that a worthwhile life is defined by a kind of spiritual journey and a sense of obligation.

I believe that a worthwhile life is defined by a kind of spiritual journey and a sense of obligation.

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles, and kindnesses, and read more

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles, and kindnesses, and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart and secure comfort

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be
described.
[Fr., Je l'ai toujours dit read more

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be
described.
[Fr., Je l'ai toujours dit et senti, la veritable jouissance ne
se decrit point.]