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

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

Real happiness is not dependent on external things. The pond is fed from within. The kind of happiness that stays with you is the happiness that springs from inward thoughts and emotions. You must cultivate your mind if you wish to achieve enduring happiness.

Marriage is a fine and sacred thing if you make it so.

The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.

If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care the happiest, individual would not be either a man or a woman it; it would be, I think a cow.

To a man the greatest blessing is individual liberty; to a dog it is the last word in despair.