Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route.

Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

Topics: Happiness Quotes

I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adolescent.

I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adolescent.

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses...

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses...

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had...

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had...

He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not...

He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not...

The present time has one advantage over every other - it is our own.

The present time has one advantage over every other - it is our own.

It is far more easy to acquire a fortune like a knave than to expend...

It is far more easy to acquire a fortune like a knave than to expend...

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had...

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had...

Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but...

Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but...

The whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other

The whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other

The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored...

The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored...

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it...

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it...

Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed...

Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed...

It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler...

It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler...

Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.

Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.

Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both,...

Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both,...

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to...

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to...

In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those...

In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those...

War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never

War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never

Kennedy said that if we had nuclear war we'd kill 300 million people in the...

Kennedy said that if we had nuclear war we'd kill 300 million people in the...

Men are at war with each other because each man is at war with himself.

Men are at war with each other because each man is at war with himself.