Only when man's life comes to its end in prosperity can one call that man happy.
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
Tolerance is the eager and glad acceptance of the way along which others seek the truth.
Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then; life is dull without it.
The prohibition law, written for weaklings and derelicts, has divided the nation, like Gaul, into three parts -- wets, drys, and hypocrites.
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.
He deserves Paradise who makes his companions laugh.
This is the sum of all true righteousness: deal with others as thou wouldst thyself be dealt by. Do nothing to thy neighbor which thou wouldst not have him do to thee hereafter.
If you see a man approaching you with the obvious intent of doing you good, you should run for your life..
Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.
Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace.
Personal liberty is the paramount essential to human dignity and human happiness.
Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual’s private rights.
None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
It will take America fifteen years of steady taking care of our own business and letting everybody else's alone, to get us back to where everybody speaks to us again.
It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
Moderation in all things -- including moderation.
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.
Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.
I have a dream that one day ... the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don't even remember leaving open.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself.
No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him.
The freedom of any society varies proportionately with the volume of its laughter.
Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
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The most beautiful things in the universe are the starry heavens above us and the feeling of duty within us.
You can never get enough of what you don't really need.