It’s better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.

No man is born unto himself alone; who lives unto himself, he lives to none.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

I love people. I love my family, my children… but inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that’s where you renew your springs that never dry up.

Until you get comfortable with being alone, you’ll never know if you’re choosing someone out of love or loneliness.

Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.

When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone.

If a man knows more than others, he becomes lonely.

So long as you are secure you will count many friends; if your life becomes clouded you will be alone.

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

Every heart that has beat strong and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today.

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means—either may do—the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.