Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.

Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.