I tasted too what was called the sweet of revenge - but it was transient, it expired even with the object, that provoked it.

But no matter for that, you can be tolerably happy, perhaps, notwithstanding; but as for guessing how happy I am, or knowing anything about the matter,--- O! its quite beyond what you can understand.

Happiness arises in a state of peace, not of tumult.

Employment is the surest antidote to sorrow.

To discover depravity in those whom we have loved, is one of the most exquisite tortures to a virtuous mind, and the conviction is often rejected before it is finally admitted.

Happiness has this essential difference from what is commonly called pleasure, that virtue forms its basis, and virtue being the offspring of reason, may be expected to produce uniformity of effect.

But St. Aubert had too much good sense to prefer a charm to a virtue.