“But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a person and life they lead.”
“Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.”
“Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in stranger's gardens.”
“Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.”
“It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.”
“If you can't be happy where you are, it's a cinch you can't be happy where you ain't.”
“True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.”
“The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.”
“Happiness, n. An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.”
“True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.”
“If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.”
“Happiness is not a possession to be prized. It is a quality of thought, a state of mind.”
“Happiness doesn't come from doing what we like to do but from liking what we have to do.”
“It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.”
“Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on someone without getting some on yourself.”
“We are happy when for everything inside us there is a corresponding something outside us.”
“There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.”
“It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.”
“We take greater pains to persuade others we are happy than in trying to think so ourselves.”
“Gaiety --a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.”
“Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.”
“It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy”
“When one is happy there is no time to be fatigued; being happy engrosses the whole attention.”
“The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.”
“Do you want my one-word secret of happiness -- It's growth -- mental, financial, you name it.”
“We cannot be contented because we are happy, and we cannot be happy because we are contented.”
“The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life.”
“A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity.”
“A person is never happy till their vague strivings has itself marked out its proper limitations.”
“Happiness is perfume, you can't pour it on somebody else without getting a few drops on yourself”