It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?
We don’t laugh because we’re happy, we’re happy because we laugh.
When we are happy, we are always good, but when we are good, we are not always happy.
Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life.
The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?
A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?
Shakespeare is the happy hunting ground of all minds that have lost their balance.
When my cats aren’t happy, I’m not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they’re just sitting there thinking up ways to get even.