Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.

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

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.

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.

Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith of external progress, driven by an insatiable desire for power and vast possessions. Yet by this vain striving for perfection in a world where everything is relative, they wander even further away from inward peace and happiness of the mind.

Those who drink to drown their sorrow should be told sorrow knows how to swim.

Heroism is accessible. Happiness is more difficult.

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

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

Sorrow prepares you for joy.

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.

The man who pursues happiness wisely will aim at the possession of a number of subsidiary interests in addition to those central ones upon which his life is built.

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

The wise man accepts his pain, endures it, but does not add to it.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility, there is neither anger nor vexation. Where there is poverty and joy, there is neither greed nor avarice. Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.

Perfect wisdom has four parts; Wisdom, the principle of doing things right. Justice, the principle of doing things equally in public and private. Fortitude, the principle of not fleeing danger, but meeting it. Temperance, the principle of subduing desires and living moderately.