“A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.”

General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.

I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.

An annuity is a very serious business.

Almost anything is possible with time.

What are men to rocks and mountains?

Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.

Angry people are not always wise.

There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.

You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.

I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

When I fall in love, it will be forever.

Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can’t be without.

Pray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant.

The more I see of the world, the more am i dissatisfied with it; and everyday confirms my belief of the inconsistencies of all human.

How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it.

Wherein lies happiness? In that which becks Our ready minds to fellowship divine, A fellowship with essence; till we shine, Full alchemiz’d, and free of space. Behold The clear religion of heaven!

Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.

I don’t believe in adhering to any rules I don’t support and I didn’t vote for. To hell with what people think. Just be who you are and you’ll be happy.

When people are unhappy with us, they stop listening to what we say. At such times let’s communicate our message using thoughts.

I take it not only a day at a time, but a moment at a time, and keep it at that pace. If you can be happy right now, then you’ll always be happy, because it’s always in the now

I thank God for happiness and sadness. If you are never sad you will never know how good happiness is.

He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.