Happiness is no laughing matter.
—Richard Whately, 1843Quotes
Happiness, whether in business or private life, leaves very little trace in history.
—Fernand Braudel, 1979One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats.
—Iris Murdoch, 1978A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
—Jane Austen, 1814Happiness is not something you can catch and lock up in a vault like wealth. Happiness is nothing but everyday living seen through a veil.
—Zora Neale Hurston, 1939O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man’s eyes.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1599Seize from every moment its unique novelty, and do not prepare your joys.
—André Gide, 1897There will always be a lost dog somewhere that will prevent me from being happy.
—Jean Anouilh, 1934The happy ending is our national belief.
—Mary McCarthy, 1947I have given up considering happiness as relevant.
—Edward Gorey, 1974In every ill turn of fortune, the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy.
—Boethius, c. 520A multitude of small delights constitute happiness.
—Charles Baudelaire, 1897I take it as a prime cause of the present confusion of society that it is too sickly and too doubtful to use pleasure frankly as a test of value.
—Rebecca West, 1939