Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it that even those who are hardest to satisfy in all other matters are not in the habit of desiring more of it than they already have.

In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate.

Genuine happiness comes from within, and often it comes in spontaneous feelings of joy.

We all struggle alone through the ten thousand joys and ten thousand sorrows of our lives.

One must have sorrow to truly appreciate joy.