Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.
Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue.
Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities.
The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life.
A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company.
No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himself.
Call no man happy before he dies, he is at best but fortunate.