The principle of happiness should be like the principle of virtue: it should not be dependent of things, but be a part of personality [and character].

Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.

Herein lies the real value of education. Advanced education may or may not make men and women more efficient; but it enriches personality, increases the wealth of the mind, and hence brings happiness.

My religious faith remains in possession of the field only after prolonged civil war with my naturally skeptical mind.

The highest happiness on earth is marriage. Every man who is happily married is a successful man even if he has failed in everything else.

There is never much trouble in any family where the children hope someday to resemble their parents.

The highest happiness on earth is the happiness of marriage.