The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions,—the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of a playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasant thought and feeling. Coleridge.
The happiness of man depends on no creed 10 and no book; it depends on the dominion of truth, which is the redeemer and saviour, the Messiah and the King of glory. Rabbi Wise.
The happiness of the human race is one of the designs of God, but our own individual happiness must not be made our first or our direct aim. W. R. Greg.
The happiness we owe to ourselves is greater than that which we owe to our surroundings. Metrodorus.
The happy day will come when mind, heart and hands shall be alive together, and shall work in concert; when there shall be a harmony between God's munificence and man's delight in it. Mme. George Sand.
The happy have whole days, and those they choose; / The unhappy have but hours, and those they lose. Colley Cibber.
The happy man is he who distinguishes the 15 boundary between desires and delight, and stands firmly on the higher ground. Landor.
The happy think a lifetime a short stage: / One night to the unhappy seems an age. Lucian.
The hardest step is over the threshold. Pr.
The hardships or misfortunes we lie under are more easy to us than those of any other person would be, should we change conditions with him. Hor.