Happy are they that hear their detractions, and can put them to mending. Much Ado, ii. 3.
Happy child! the cradle is still to thee an infinite space; once grown into a man, and the boundless world will be too small to thee. Schiller.
Happy contractedness of youth, nay, of mankind in general, that they think neither of the high nor the deep, of the true nor the false, but only of what is suited to their own conceptions. Goethe.
Happy he for whom a kind heavenly sun 10 brightens the ring of necessity into a ring of duty. Carlyle.
Happy he that can abandon everything by which his conscience is defiled or burdened. Thomas à Kempis.
Happy in that we are not over-happy; / On Fortune's cap we are not the very button. Ham., ii. 2.
Happy is he who soon discovers the chasm that lies between his wishes and his powers. Goethe.
Happy is that house and blessed is that congregation where Martha still complains of Mary. S. Bern.
Happy he whose last hour strikes in the midst 15 of his children. Grillparzer.
Happy is he that is happy in his children. Pr.