Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money.

There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern… No, Sir; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

Thank God, I never was cheerful. I come from the happy stock of the Mathers, who, as you remember, passed sweet mornings reflecting on the goodness of God and the damnation of infants.

Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.

Pricey oil makes clear that wealth really is energy in various forms.

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

Everything we touch in our daily lives, including our body, is a miracle. By putting the kingdom of god in the right place, it shows us it is possible to live happily right here, right now.

We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.

People don’t realize that we, we meaning people in show business, have the same problems as everyone else. Money doesn’t change that. Fame doesn’t change that. Sometimes that brings on more problems. You know, it’s just a different kind of problems.

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.

Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.

There is no wealth but life.

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.

For I can raise no money by vile means.

I won’t be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a glove and swinging a bat.

A great fortune is a great slavery.

True happiness is… to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.

Start your diet during a period of optimism and happiness.

Most people would assume my business success, and the wealth that comes with it, have brought me happiness. But I know I am successful, wealthy, and connected because I am happy.

He who is contented is rich.

Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter.

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time.

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.

Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.

I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.

I believe God wants you to have money to pay your bills, send your kids to college and do charity work and build orphanages. There’s the teaching that we’re supposed to be poor to show that we’re humble. I don’t buy that. I think we’re supposed to be leaders. We’re supposed to excel.

Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.

I was born poor and without religion, under a happy sky, feeling harmony, not hostility, in nature. I began not by feeling torn, but in plenitude.

‚Happiness‘ is a pointless goal.

I had no bad moment in my relationship with Dortmund. Not one second.

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.

Happiness doesn’t come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy so that you can be useful and so you can enjoy life when you are a man.

Happiness is within the reach of everyone, rich or poor. Yet comparatively few people are happy. I believe the reason for this is that the majority don’t recognize happiness even when it is within their grasp.

There are trees of a thousand sorts, and all have their several fruits; and I feel the most unhappy man in the world not to know them, for I am well assured that they are all valuable. I bring home specimens of them, and also of the land.

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

We don’t laugh because we’re happy – we’re happy because we laugh.

Money is kind of a base subject. Like water, food, air and housing, it affects everything yet for some reason the world of academics thinks it’s a subject below their social standing.

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is occupation.

The only really happy folk are married women and single men.

I’m really happy and had such an amazing time performing at Super Bowl – wish I could relive it all over again.

Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.

I’ve made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I’m convinced of the opposite.

It seems like a lot of people seek their peace in things. And most of us are not even satisfied with the things we have… we always want more.

It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.

I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.

In the past there were people who were not rich but contented with their living style, laughing and happy all day. But when the new rich people appear, people look at them and ask, ‚why don’t I have a life like that too, a beautiful house, car and garden,‘ and they abandon their values.

I know I will never be happy, but I know I can be gay!

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

I’m so happy I discovered early how wonderful music makes me feel.

Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.

Always have something beautiful in sight, even if it’s just a daisy in a jelly glass.

Wealthy men can’t live in an island that is encircled by poverty. We all breathe the same air. We must give a chance to everyone, at least a basic chance.

I always wanted a family.