If someone loves a flower of which just one example exists among all the millions and millions of stars, that’s enough to make him happy when he looks at the stars. – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince, 1943, translated from French b

There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness. – Liberty Hyde Bailey

The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government. – Thomas Chandler Haliburton