Aye I'm tellin' ye happiness is one of the few things in this world that doubles every time you share it with someone else.

Happiness is a sunbeam which may pass through a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray nay when it strikes on a kindred heart like the converged light on a mirror it reflects itself with redoubled brightness. It is not perfected till it is shared.

For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease he is burdened with his own sorrow and groans on seeing another's happiness.

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions.

You know when Republicans were in charge we doubled the debt. But now our concern is the Democrats are in charge and they're tripling the debt. So really our concern is that we want smaller government.

Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy it lessens our cares by dividing them at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation.

Freedom of speech freedom of the press and freedom of religion all have a double aspect - freedom of thought and freedom of action.

No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation and the master will benefit by freedom more than the freed-man.

What I don't like is breakfast in the morning. I have a double-espresso cappuccino but no food.