Being unable to cure death, wretchedness and ignorance, men have decided, in order to be happy, not to think about such things.

No habiendo podido los hombres
remediar la muerte
la miseria y la ignorancia,
han imaginado, para ser felices,
no pensar en absoluto en ellas.

Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.

If men only felt about death as they do about sleep, all terrors would cease. . . Men sleep contentedly, assured that they will wake the following morning. They should feel the same about their lives.

Men always forget that human happiness is a disposition of mind and not a condition of circumstances.

When a man says he does not want to speak of something he usually means he can think of nothing else.

Don't worry about the past and don't try to figure out the future

Men don’t fail; they give up trying.

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

Men simply don’t think.” And

Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult.

Most men are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.