I think people really marry far too much it is such a lottery after all and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.

It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't necessarily prove that you loved him.

A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.

It is not the possession of truth but the success which attends the seeking after it that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.

I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me and although passing a vote of censure upon myself I would thank God for his mercy.

But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be lord of heaven and earth that is the happiness of being truly loved.

An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it.

Power after love is the first source of happiness.

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls and we push it with our feet when it stops.

Wealth like happiness is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.