Steady as a clock busy as a bee and cheerful as a cricket.

We carry the seeds of happiness with us wherever we go.

Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.

I live a very dull life here... indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.

I am still determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may be.

I am only fond of what comes from the heart.

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.

I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our disposition and not on our circumstances.

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances.

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances.

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. We carry the seeds of the one or the other about with us in our minds wherever we go.

Given the same honor and dignity as men, women can build a much better and more harmonious world.

Want to dance? We have music this time. And I don't have to punch you when we finish.

My children, who are almost two: watching them develop has made me pay much closer attention to how we become who we are.

The deeper minds of all ages have had pity for animals.

Everyone thinks that having a talent is a matter of luck; no one thinks that luck could be a matter of talent.

Imagining something is better than remembering something.

I played Iris Murdoch, who had not long died, and I felt the responsibility very heavy on my shoulders.

I have to pay the bills just like everybody else, but it also pays my soul to work.

As a kid I was creative.

I'm a person who gets better with practice. Getting older is awesome - because you get more practice.