The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect.

Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness.

There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.

I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.

There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.

There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern... No, Sir there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.