happiness Quotes

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.

If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.

Happy the people whose annals are tiresome.

God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.

Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.

The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.

Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.

Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.