Avoid greatness; in a cottage there may be more real happiness than kings or their favourites enjoy.

Quote by Horace

Topics: Happiness Quotes

The covetous man is ever in want.

The covetous man is ever in want.

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

He who is greedy is always in want.

He who is greedy is always in want.

For it is your business, when the wall next door catches fire.

For it is your business, when the wall next door catches fire.

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live...

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live...

He possesses dominion over himself, and is happy, who can every day say, I have...

He possesses dominion over himself, and is happy, who can every day say, I have...

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever...

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever...

Labor diligently to increase your property.

Labor diligently to increase your property.

Nature is not cruel, pitilessly, indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans...

Nature is not cruel, pitilessly, indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans...

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation,...

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation,...

A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.

A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

Whatever advice you give, be short.

Whatever advice you give, be short.

He's happy who, far away from business, like the races of men of old, tills...

He's happy who, far away from business, like the races of men of old, tills...

Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them...

Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them...

Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?

Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who,...

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who,...

We are free to yield to truth.

We are free to yield to truth.

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears...

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears...