We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.Immanuel Kant
Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.Mahatma Gandhi
Happiness is a Swedish sunset — it is there for all, but most of us look the other way and lose it.Mark Twain
Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.Mark Twain
