The deed is everything; the fame is nothing. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, And in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. Not in the morning alone, not only at mid-day he charmeth; Even at setting, the sun is still the same glorious planet.

The greater part of all the mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.