'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.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

The greatest happiness of the greatest number.
[Lat., La massima felicita divisa nel maggior numero.]

The greatest happiness of the greatest number.
[Lat., La massima felicita divisa nel maggior numero.]

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing.

Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing.

To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.

To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.

Being happy doesn't always make us grateful, but being grateful will always make us happy.

Being happy doesn't always make us grateful, but being grateful will always make us happy.

Happiness seems made to be shared.
[Fr., Le bonheur semble fait pour etre partage.]

Happiness seems made to be shared.
[Fr., Le bonheur semble fait pour etre partage.]

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.