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Fortuitous circumstances constitute the moulds that shape the majority of human lives, and the hasty impress of an accident is too often regarded as the relentless decree of all ordaining fate.

The Unhappy may, possibly, by indulging Thought, hit on some lucky Stratagem for the Relief of his Misfortunes, and the Happy may be infinitely more so by contemplating on his Condition.

For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair.

If our condition were truly happy, we would not seek diversion from it in order to make ourselves happy.

To be happy is only to have freed one's soul from the unrest of unhappiness.

Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.

Happiness is an inside job.

Happiness: a way station between too little and too much.

Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.