Cheerfulness is the very flower of health.

Cheerfulness is the very flower of health.

My plenteous joys,
Wanton in fullness, seek to hide themselves
In drops of sorrow.

My plenteous joys,
Wanton in fullness, seek to hide themselves
In drops of sorrow.

But were there ever any
Writhed not at passed joy?

But were there ever any
Writhed not at passed joy?

Joy has this in common with pain, that it robs people of reason.

Joy has this in common with pain, that it robs people of reason.

Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.

Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.

Joy, in Nature's wide dominion,
Mightiest cause of all is found;
And 'tis joy that moves the read more

Joy, in Nature's wide dominion,
Mightiest cause of all is found;
And 'tis joy that moves the pinion
When the wheel of time goes round.

Joy is not in things; it is in us

Joy is not in things; it is in us

I do it for the joy it brings, cause I'm a joyful girl. 'Cause the world owes us nothing, we read more

I do it for the joy it brings, cause I'm a joyful girl. 'Cause the world owes us nothing, we owe each other the world.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.