Misery Now Insists Upon Company

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Do not become archivists of facts. Try to penetrate to the secret of their occurrence, persistently search for the laws which govern them.

Gossips are not expected to be serious people; and they are not always expected to get the news right. They are expected simply to entertain. – Terrence E. Deal and Allen A Kennedy

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. – George Bernard Shaw

A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth. – George Bernard Shaw

Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists upon it. – Russell Baker

No man is happy who does not think himself so. – Publilius Syrus

In about the same degree as you are helpful, you will be happy. – Karl Reiland

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