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Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.

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It is by studying little things that we attain the great knowledge of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.

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Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

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That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own esteem.

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Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure.

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We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining...more

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There is certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed to trace our own progress in existenc...more

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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless effo...more

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It has been observed in all ages that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness; and that thos...more