Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.

A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.

Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can't find.

No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes.

No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.