“The three basic material rights -- continuity, mutual obligation, and the pursuit of happiness.”

“...And talking of the dear family party which would then be restored, of their mutual pursuits and cheerful society, as the only happiness worth a wish.”

“We have forgotten what Thomas Jefferson told us in 1776: that we are endowed by the Creator "with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." Not happiness, mind you, but its pursuit. By implication Jefferson warned that if you pursue happiness for someone else, you deny him the right to pursue it on his own.”

“In the true married relationship, the independence of husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.”

“I'm not in pursuit of happiness, I'm happiness in pursuit; ready to happen everywhere I go.”

“It is the very pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness.”