“If you trust, you will be disappointed occasionally, but if you mistrust, you will be miserable all the time.”

“If we have no friends, we have no pleasure; if we have them, we are sure to lose them, and be doubly pained by the loss.”

“Remember, my friend, to enjoy your planning as well as your accomplishments; life is too short for negative energy.”

“Those who want fewest things are nearest to the Gods.”

“He who drinks with the greatest appetite is the least inclined to look for a draught which is not at hand.”

“The man who eats with the greatest appetite has the least need of delicacies.”

“How many things I can do without!”

“How many things I have no need of!”

“May I consider the wise man rich.”

“Let all my external possessions be in friendly harmony with what is within.”

“My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh — anything but work.”

“Every man's happiness is his own responsibility.”

“If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present.”

“The good you bring into the world always finds a way to come back to you.”

“Never keep people in your life who don't love and respect you as much as you love and respect them.”

“Nothing which life has to offer is worth the price of worry.”

“Enjoy the moments before they become memories.”

“Why don't you laugh? If I did not laugh I should die, and you need this medicine as much as I do.”

“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”

“For your peace of mind, stop trying to understand everything. Live and experience life as it is.”

“The power of hope upon human exertion and happiness is wonderful.”

“Stop trying to be happy. You can't be happy all the time, and it's okay.”

“Sometimes you think you want to disappear, but all you really want is to be found by someone.”

“Some stranger somewhere still remembers you because you were kind to them when no one else was.”

“Laughter is the joyous, universal evergreen of life.”

“Don't be scared because you don't have all the answers right away. Learn through your experiences and find your own way to happiness.”

“Always remember: life is for enjoying.”

“If it keeps you happy, keep it quiet.”

“Most people are as happy as they want to be.”

“Enjoy every bit of your life to the fullest. Your compromises and sacrifices will be rewarded.”

“And one day you will smile and say, "This is more than what I prayed for."”

“Never let the sadness of your past and the fear of your future ruin the happiness of your present.”

“Life is short. Break the rules. Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that makes you smile.”

“Grief can take care of itself, but to get full value from joy, you must have somebody to divide it with.”

“No woman or man really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century.”

“Whatever a man's age, he can reduce it by several years by putting a bright-colored flower in his buttonhole.”

“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”

“To be busy is man's only happiness.”

“Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.”

“When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one truly appreciates everything one has.”

“But love brings much happiness — much more so than pining brings pain.”

“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.”

“To get the full value of joy, you must have someone to divide it with.”

“There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion, or company than a good marriage.”

“The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.”

“Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.”

“The human race has only one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.”

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience — this is the ideal life.”

“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”

“Unexpected money is a delight. The same sum is a bitterness when you expect more.”