Happiness, to some, elation; Is, to others, mere stagnation.

All books are either dreams or swords, you can cut, or you can drug, with words.

Take everything easy and quit dreaming and brooding and you will be well guarded from a thousand evils.

Youth condemns; maturity condones.

In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern.

Happiness, to some, elation; Is, to others, mere stagnation.

I am tired, beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little ink drops, and posting it. And I scald alone, here, under the fire of the great moon.

Time! Joyless emblem of the greed of millions, robber of the best which earth can give.

For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.

Let us be of cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

A man must be sacrificed now and again to provide for the next generation of men.

Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.

Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me, and drench me in loneliness.

Hate is ravening vulture beaks descending on a place of skulls.

You are ice and fire the touch of you burns my hands like snow.

Let us be of cheer remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

When I go away from you the world beats dead like a slackened drum.

When I go away from you The world beats dead Like a slackened drum....

Rapture's self is three parts sorrow.

When you came, you were like red wine and honey, and the taste of you burnt my mouth with its sweetness.

I always looked for a man to rescue me and bring me happiness. I bought into that myth, of course, and looked for my own Prince Charming.

Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye.

No one is guaranteed happiness. You can pursue it, but if you happen to find success along the way on that road to happiness, Conservatives believe you should not be demonized or penalized for it.

To describe happiness is to diminish it.

All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.

So many people have said that to me, that what they really like about Alex is what she brings out in Marissa, and what this situation brings out in her, a hint of happiness and another side to her character.

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman's smile - that is happiness.

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.

Happiness seems made to be shared.

Aye, I'm tellin' ye, happiness is one of the few things in this world that doubles every time you share it with someone else.

Even when there are times that we're not happy, happiness will creep in.

Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness.

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

Happiness, contentment, the health and growth of the soul, depend, as men have proved over and over again, upon some simple issue, some single turning of the soul.

Happiness is the real sense of fulfillment that comes from hard work.

The truth is that relative income is not directly related to happiness. Nonpartisan social-survey data clearly show that the big driver of happiness is earned success: a person's belief that he has created value in his life or the life of others.

Off with you! You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that!

Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.

Happiness is ideal, it is the work of the imagination.

Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.

I come before you to declare that my sex are entitled to the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

But if you believe in Christ and that your main goal with your life is supposed to be to honor Him and do His will, then you don't have as much pressure as someone who bases all their happiness on whether they're a movie star.

How can you tell somebody whose is pursuing happiness that they're somehow not American when that was the very first promise that America made?

It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.

He who avoids complaint invites happiness.

Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult.