Real happiness is not dependent on external things.

A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices.

I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without a Bible.

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 a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit that they enjoy life.

Honesty is not necessarily the best policy. The best policy would be to acquire a reputation for honesty and then to cheat at the psychological moment.

The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts.