Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others!

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.

No man chooses evil because it is evil he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.