Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife he is always proud of himself as the source of it.

Why love if losing hurts so much? I have no answers anymore only the life I have lived. The pain now is part of the happiness then.

Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride.

The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions.

People say that money is not the key to happiness, but I always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key made.

We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.

When you are happy you find pure joy in your life. There are no regrets in this state of happiness - and that is a goal worth striving for in all areas of your life.

It is not true that suffering ennobles the character happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one self to do without it.

A woman heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet her happiness is to be made as cakes are, by a fixed recipe.

Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.

For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair.

Happiness is the natural flower of duty.

No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.

The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment.

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.

Man only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever.

Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization.

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.