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The world produces for every pint of honey a gallon of gall, for every dram of pleasure a pound of pain, for every inch of mirth an ell of moan; and as the ivy twines around the oak, so does misery and misfortune encompass the happy man. Felicity, pure and unalloyed felicity, is not a plant of earthly growth; her gardens are the skies. - Robert Burton Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day. - Benjamin Franklin Felicity is in possession, happiness in anticipation. - Jean Baptiste Racine True felicity consists of its own consciousness. - Antoine de Rivarol, Comte de Rivarol There is more felicity on the far side of baldness than young men can possibly imagine. - Logan Pearsall Smith True happiness resides in things not seen. - Edward Young
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