Life is not just something to be endured. It is to be lived in joy, in a fullness without limit.

Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age.

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

The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.

Happiness is a quality of the soul, not a function of one's material circumstances.

He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden.

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.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.

There is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it—but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

Sometimes hath the brightest day a cloud; and after summer evermore succeeds barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold: so cares and joys abound, as seasons fleet.

The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.

Have regular hours for work & play; make each day both useful & pleasant and prove you understand the worth of time by employing it well.

Instead of dirt and poison we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax; thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light.

There is only one success—to be able to spend your life in your own way.