To have been happy, madame, adds to calamity.

To have been happy, madame, adds to calamity.

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.

People love others not for who they are but for how they make them feel

People love others not for who they are but for how they make them feel

Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down read more

Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it!

Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it!

The really happy man never laughs - seldom - though he may smile. He does not need to laugh, for read more

The really happy man never laughs - seldom - though he may smile. He does not need to laugh, for laughter, like weeping, is a relief of mental tension - and the happy are not over strung.

'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.

When one is happy there is no time to be fatigued; being happy engrosses the whole attention.

When one is happy there is no time to be fatigued; being happy engrosses the whole attention.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, read more

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.