It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.
Only when man's life comes to its end in prosperity can one call that man happy.
The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything that comes along their way.
The character of a people may be ruined by charity.
