“One might murder and steal and yet be happy”

“The doctor arrived towards dinnertime and said, of course, that although recurring phenomena might well elicit apprehension, nonetheless there was, strictly speaking, no positive indication, yet since neither was there any contraindication, it might, on the one hand, be supposed, but on the other hand it might also be supposed. And it was therefore necessary to stay in bed, and although I don't like prescribing, nevertheless take this and stay in bed.”

“... in marriage the great thing was love, and that with love one would always be happy, for happiness rests only on oneself.”

“The only happy marriages I know are arranged ones.”

“Pierre was right when he said that one must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let the dead bury the dead, but while I'm alive, I must live and be happy.”

“In Varenka, she realized that one has but to forget oneself and love others, and one will be calm, happy, and noble.”

“One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.”