"Most of us are just about as happy as we make up our minds to be"

"No man is happy who does not think himself so"

"Try to be happy in this present moment, and put not off being so to a time to come, as though that time should be of another make from this which has already come and is ours"

"Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life"

"There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you"

"Happy is the person who knows what to remember of the past, what to enjoy in the present, and what to plan for in the future"

"I was married to Margaret Joan Howe in 1940. Although not a scientist herself she has contributed more to my work than anyone else by providing a peaceful and happy home"

"Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill and happy companionship. It is of great importance to the morale"

"You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy"

"Only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. One is to let her think she is having her own way, and the other is to let her have it"

"Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking"