“I am contented, happy, and consequently a bad historian.”
“I am happy and content because I think I am.”
“So why am I often miserable about what goes on here? Shouldn't I be happy, contented, and glad.”
“I do want more. I am not content with being happy. I was not made for it. It is not my destiny. My destiny is the opposite.”
“I am not a properly trained historian. I am a lawyer by trade, and an inquisitive, practical woman by character.”
“He had passed his life in the pursuit of happiness, and had never learnt that happiness is best attained when it is not sought; and, moreover, is only known when it is lost. It is doubtful whether anyone can say "I am happy"; but only "I was happy". For happiness is not well-being, content, heart's ease, pleasure, enjoyment: all these go to make happiness, but they are not happiness.”