“There was something in the air, something sad and sweet at the same time.Source: The Garden Party (1922)
“Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen
“Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it
“True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions
“Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
“There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice
“At the door of every happy person there should be a man with a hammer whose knock would serve as a constant reminder of the existence of unfortunate people
“A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him
“I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy
“How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.
“Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul but his life