There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool. – Charles Caleb Colton
The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison. – Nathaniel Hawthorne
Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it! – Freddie Mercury
I hump the wild to take it all in, there is no bag limit on happiness. – Ted Nugent
Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt. – Joseph Addison
A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States. – James Madison
When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things – not the great occasions – that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness. – Bob Hope
Dancing and running shake up the chemistry of happiness. – Mason Cooley
I have discovered the secret of happiness – it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy. – John Burroughs
Power, after love, is the first source of happiness. – Stendhal
Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health and for happiness. – Louise Hart
Happiness is inward, and not outward and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are. – Henry Van Dyke
My whole working philosophy is that the only stable happiness for mankind is that it shall live married in blessed union to woman-kind – intimacy, physical and psychical between a man and his wife. I wish to add that my state of bliss is by no means perfect. – David Herbert Lawrence
The secret of happiness is something to do. – John Burroughs
We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness. – Pierre Corneille
I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men. – Thomas Huxley
Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes when you believe that you have done something truly meaningful. – Martin Yan
Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice. – Michael Novak
Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character. – George Santayana
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness. – George Santayana
