"Happiness is a good that nature sells..." - Quote by Voltaire

“Our labour preserves us from three great evils -- weariness, vice, and want.”

“Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them”

“I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit, and once when I won one.”

“He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.”

“When all your desires are distilled; You will cast just two votes: To love more, And be happy.”

“Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things themselves; we are happy from possessing what we like, not from possessing what others like.”

“Be alert as you watch a dog at play or at rest. Let the animal teach you to feel at home in the now, to celebrate life by being completely present. You just watch the tail ... with some dogs you just look at them - just a little look is enough - and their tail goes ...'Life is good! Life is good!' And they are not telling themselves a story of why life is good. It's a direct realization.”

“Cats, dogs, and some I mean, birds, many species of mammals, they also have the sort of potential to show affection firstly because of the biological factor.”

“The clouds were drifting over the moon at their giddiest speed, at one time wholly obscuring her, at another, suffering her to burst forth in full splendor and shed her light on all the objects around; anon, driving over her again, with increased velocity, and shrouding everything in darkness.”