The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure is occupation.
The man with toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound.
Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble about whether he's happy or not.
Death is for many of us the gate of hell; but we are inside on the way out, not outside on the way in.
In an ugly and unhappy world the richest man can purchase nothing but ugliness and unhappiness.
Liberty is the breath of life to nations.
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.
The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.
Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die; do not outlive yourself.