Acting Quote by Washington Irving

In civilized life, where the happiness and indeed almost the existence of man, depends on the opinion of his fellow men. He is constantly…

— Jeremy Collier

'Tis certain that a serious attention to the sciences and liberal arts softens and humanizes the temper, and cherishes those fine emotions in which…

— David Hume

When [man] is happy he takes his happiness as it comes and doesn't analyze it, just as if happiness were his right.

— Luigi Pirandello

Man (in good earnest) is a marvellous vain, fickle, and unstable subject, and on whom it is very hard to form any certain and…

— Michel de Montaigne

If a man will understand how intimately, yea, how inseparably, self-control and happiness are associated, he has but to look into his own heart,…

— James Allen

A man's opinion is in others; his being is in himself.

— Joseph Hall

Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue.

— John Webster

The unhappy of all men is he who believes himself to be so.

— David Hume

“The happy man, therefore, is he who can make a right judgment in all things: he is happy who in his present circumstances, whatever…

— Seneca

“Every man of action is basically cheerful and optimistic, because those who don’t feel are happy. You can spot a man of action by…

— Fernando Pessoa

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for…

— Plato