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

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?

Happiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.

The things you really need are few and easy to come by; but the things you can imagine you need are infinite, and you will never be satisfied.

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

Being happy is knowing how to be content with little

Live your life without attracting attention.

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.

I think the hardest thing to do in a relationship is something for yourself.

I can't speak to how Michael [Douglas] approached it in terms of his process.

Faced with an exciting question, science tended to provide the dullest possible answer. Ions might charge the air but they fell flat when it came to charging the imagination - my imagination, anyway.

I've got seven kids. The three words you hear most around my house are 'hello,' 'goodbye,' and 'I'm pregnant.'

Worrying about where to begin puts you in a fair way to waste your life worrying, without getting noticeably closer to beginning.

Tasteful illumination of the night, Bright scattered, twinkling star of spangled earth.

I love to watch 'Chopped,' 'Jeopardy,' and 'Breaking Bad.' You can't pass up that one. Oh! One other show I love to watch is 'Suburgatory.'

What I'm concerned about now is creating a metaphor for what the figure really is.

We're looking out for the financial best interests of the up-and-comer. Everything connects to that.

bringing up children was]like living with a bunch of drunks...you really have to be on your toes all the time.