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.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and oftentimes we call a man cold, when he is only sad.

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

The common denominator of happy and successful people is that they spend their time with other happy and successful people.

Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

I am a true laborer: I earn that I eat, get that I wear, owe no man hate, envy no man’s happiness, glad of other men’s good, content with my harm.

Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.

Rest, nature, books, music, such is my idea of happiness.

I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.

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

Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would.

Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse.

Esteem to your higher self.

No thing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

One who is serious all day will never have a good time, while one who is frivolous all day will never establish a household.

The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion.

I think it’s important to realize that you can miss something, but not want it back.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher.

It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.

View your life from your funeral: Looking back at your life experiences, what have you accomplished? What would you have wanted to accomplish but didn't? What were the happy moments? What were the sad? What would you do again, and what wouldn't you do?