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To have been happy, madame, adds to calamity.
To have been happy, madame, adds to calamity.
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
Happiness is like jam. You can't spread even a little without getting some on yourself.
Happiness is like jam. You can't spread even a little without getting some on yourself.
The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.
The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.
Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!
Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!
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.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes read more
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.
The message from the hedge-leaves,
Heed it, whoso thou art;
Under lowly eaves
Lives read more
The message from the hedge-leaves,
Heed it, whoso thou art;
Under lowly eaves
Lives the happy heart.
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.
