True happiness
Consists not in the multitude of friends,
But in the worth and choice: nor would I have
Them popular:
Let them be good that love me, though but few.
--_Ben Jonson._
825
Happiness consists in being perfectly satisfied with what we have got,
and with what we haven't got.
826
Happiness consists not in possessing much, but in being content with
what we possess. He who wants little, always has enough.
827
A cottage will hold as much happiness as would stock a palace.
--_Hamilton._
828
With "gentleness" his own character, "comfort" in his house, and "good
temper" in his wife, the earthly felicity of man may be said to be
complete.
--_From the German._
829
What dangers threaten a great reputation!
Far happier the man of lowly station.
830
We are happy in this world just in proportion as we make others happy.
831