#pines

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste. ↗

— Logan P. Smith

#insipid #rarest #seems #taste #vintage

It is in his knowledge that man has found his greatness and his happiness, the high superiority which he holds over the other animals who inhabit the earth with him, and consequently no ignorance is probably without loss to him, no error without evil. ↗

— James Smithson

#earth #error #evil #found #greatness

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#catch #constitution #gives #only #people

Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness. ↗

— Sophocles

#happiness #part #supreme

Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way. ↗

— Sophocles

#depends #our #way #wisdom

Happiness is no respecter of persons. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#persons

Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources. ↗

— Herbert Spencer

#bring #come #gained #happiness #little

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness. ↗

— Stendhal

#after #first #happiness #love #source

Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little. ↗

— Marguerite Gardiner

#being content #consists #content #happiness #having

No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind. ↗

— Charles Sumner

#fame #founded #happiness #labors #mankind