How simple it is to see that we can only be happy now, and there will never be a time when it is not now. 775
The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not. 1.13K
Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone. 719
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. 772
Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. 743
