“Making comparisons can spoil your happiness.”
“He was feeling happy. It was one of the strange discoveries a man can make that life, however you lead it, contains moments of exhiliration; there are always comparisons which can be made with worse times: even in danger and misery the pendulum swings.”
“Bad as political fiction can be, there is always a politician prepared to make it look artistic by comparison.”
“Being single won’t make you happy. Dating someone won’t make you happy. Being married won’t make you happy. Being a parent won’t make you happy. Divorcing won’t make you happy. The only thing that can make you happy is your choice to be happy…”
“A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.”
“Recommend to your children virtues, that alone can make them happy, not gold.”