To watch the corn grow, or the blossoms set; to draw hard breath over the plough or spade; to read, to think, to love, to pray, are the things that make men happy.

The best portion of a good man's life: his little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love.

The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of worship

Sleep is perhaps the only among life's great pleasures which need not be of short duration.

he loved life best when

And that's what makes men happy, believing in the mystery and importance of their own individual lives.

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.

The one thing I love in life is to sleep.

Holy sleep, do not so seldom bring happiness to the night’s beloved in this earthly labour of the day.

Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but on the mastery of his passions.

Happiness is waking up, looking at the clock and finding that you still have two hours left to sleep.

The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life.

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.