“Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one’s self to do without it.”

George Eliot

“There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience, or none at all.”

Ogden Nash

“Unquestionably, it is possible to do without happiness; it is done involuntarily by nineteen-twentieths of mankind.”

John Stuart Mill

“Happiness is not perfected until it is shared.”

Jane Porter

“Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”

Abraham Lincoln

“Happiness is not something you experience, it’s something you remember.”

Oscar Levant

“The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: If you pursue happiness you’ll never find it.”

C.P. Snow

“Mirth prolongeth life, and causeth health.”

Nicholas Udall

“Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for”

Joseph Addison

“If you have nothing to do, look about you and see if there isn’t something close at hand that you can improve! It may make you wealthy, though it is more likely that it will make you happy.”

George Matthew Adams