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。
美國作家霍桑.n.
happiness is a butterfly, which ,when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
n. hawthorn, american writer 幸福是一隻蝴蝶，你要追逐它的時候，總是追不到；但是如果你悄悄地坐下來，它也許會飛落到你身上。
英國作家傑克遜.h.
happiness is a form of courage.
h.jackson, british writer 幸福是勇氣的一種形式。