Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day. 
与其说人类的幸福来自偶尔发生的鸿运，不如说来自每天都有的小实惠。
---Benjamin Franklin, American president美国总统富兰克林.B.

Industry is fortune’s right hand, and frugality¹ her left. 
勤劳是财富的右手，节俭是她的左手。
---John Ray, American naturalist² 美国博物学家雷伊. J

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. 
要在自身找到幸福是不容易的,要在别的地方找到幸福则是不可能的。
---A. Repplier, American female essayist 美国女散文家里普利厄.A.

Jobs and work do much more than most of us realize to provide happiness and contentment. 
职业和工作在使人得到幸福与满足方面所起的作用比我们大多数意识到的要多得多。
---Leonard R. Sayles, American writer 美国作家塞尔斯.L.R.

Man is the artificer of his own happiness. 
人是自己幸福的设计者。
---Henry David Thoreau, American writer 美国作家棱罗. H. D.

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. 
对于大多数人来说，他们认定自己有多幸福，就有多幸福。
---Abraham Lincoln. American president 美国总统林肯.A.

No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable³. 
如果一个社会中的大部分成员贫穷而又悲惨，这个社会就谈不上繁荣幸福。
---Adam Smith , British economist⁴ 英国经济学家亚当·斯密

Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness. 
没有什么比回忆幸福更令人痛苦的了。
---Gide Andre, French writer 法国作家安德烈.G.

One is never as unhappy as one thinks, nor as happy as one hopes. 
一个人永远不像他所想象的那样不幸，也不会像他所希望的那样幸福。
---Francois La Rochefoucauld, French writer 法国作家拉罗什富科.F.

Only when a man’s life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy. 
只有当一个人的生命在辉煌中结束时，我们才敢说他是幸福的。
---Aeschylus. Ancient Greek dramatist 古希腊剧作家埃斯库罗斯

There are 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 second. 
人的一生有两大目标：第一，得到你想要的东西；第二，享有你得到的东西。只有最聪明的人才能实现第二目标。
---P. Smith Logan, American writer 美国作家洛根.P.S.

上一篇：永不放弃－－苦难终会过去 下一篇：Minstrels