“Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants and to serve them one's self, so as to have somewhat left to give, instead of being always prompt to grab?”

“It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”

“The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the happiness one has unbearable.”

“Be happy. Talk happiness.”

“Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.”

“Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.”

“It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury.”