joseph addison. american wreter美國作家艾迪生.j.a
contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
知足是人生在世最大的幸事。
美國總統林肯.a.
most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
abraham limcoln . american ruesident 對於大多數人來說，他們認定自己有多幸福，就有多幸福。
英國經濟學家亞當·斯密
no society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.
adam smith , british economist 如果一個社會中的大部分成員貧窮而又悲慘，這個社會就談不上繁榮幸福。
法國作家安德烈.g.
nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
gide andre, french writer 沒有什麼比回憶幸福更令人痛苦的了。
法國作家拉羅什富科.f.
one is never as unhappy as one thinks, nor as happy as one hopes.
francois la rochefoucauld, frcnch writer 一個人永遠不像他所想像的那樣不幸，也不會像他所希望的那樣幸福。
古希臘劇作家埃斯庫羅斯
only when a man"s life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pro-nounce him happy.
aeschylus.ancient greek dramatist 只能當一個人的生命在輝煌中結束時，我們才敢說他是幸福的。
美國作家洛根.p.s.
there ae two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and ,after that, to enjoy it , only the wisest of mankind achieve the sceond.
p. smith logan, american writer 人的一生有兩大目標：第一，得到你想要的東西；第二，享有你得到的東西。只有最聰明的人才能實現第二目標。
英國劇作家肖伯納.g.
the secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.
gerge bernard shaw. british dramatist 痛苦的秘密在於有閒功夫擔心自己是否幸福。
英國劇作家肖伯納.g.
a lifetime of happiness!no man alive could bear it; it would be hell on erath.
g.bernard shaw.british dramatist 終身幸福！這是任何活著的人都無法忍受的，那將是人間地獄。
英國歷史學愛、散文家卡萊爾.t.
a well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
thomas carlyle, british historian and essayist 寫得很好的生活和過得很好的生活幾乎一樣少。
英國詩人考伯.w.
absence of occupation is not rest, a mind quite vacant is a mind distress.
william cowper, british poet 無所事事不是休息，十分空虛的心靈是痛苦的心靈。
美國社會學家薩姆納.w.g.
all the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, and self-denial, and study.
willian graham sumner, american sociologist 我們得到的一切幸福都是勞動、辛苦、自我克制和學習的成果。
英國詩人蒲伯.a.
blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall not be disap-pointed.
alexander pope. british poet 一無所求的人是幸福的，因為他永遠也不會失望。
古雅典政治家梭倫
call no man happy till he dies, he is at best but fortunate.
solon, ancient athenian statesman 人不進棺材，誰也稱不上幸福，而至多不過是幸運。
古羅馬政治家伯修斯.a.m.s.
for in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.
a.m s. boethius, ancient roman statesman 在所有不幸中，最不幸的事是曾經幸福過。
英國劇作家傑羅爾德.d.w.
happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers" garden.
d.w.jerrold, british dramatist 幸福生長在我們自己的火爐邊，而不能從別人的花園中採得。