Happiness (as the mathematicians might say) lies on a curve, and we approach it only by asymptote.

Happiness is no laughing matter.

Happiness does not dwell in herds, nor yet in gold.

How sad a sight is human happiness to those whose thoughts can pierce beyond an hour!

There is no greater disaster than not to know contentment.

The happiness of society is the end of government.

How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do.

We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion if we want to be happy.

O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man’s eyes.

I have given up considering happiness as relevant.

There will always be a lost dog somewhere that will prevent me from being happy.

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats.