The man of pleasure by a vain attempt to be more happy than any man can be is often more miserable than most men.

He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstances.

Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom.

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.

If I were to suggest a general rule for happiness I would say "Work a little harder Work a little longer Work!"

I look at what I have not and think myself unhappy others look at what I have and think me happy.

We've been in a war and a recession. That's why acccent colors with yellow and purple are popular. They're optimistic and flirty and happy colors.

Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else.

I'm really happy I went to a Catholic school because a lot of the repressive tactics they use make for great senses of humor.

“The search of success doesn't happen in happiness ; a bit of sorrow, a bit of failure, and the feeling of rise again is responsible to give you one”