"True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice." ― Ben Jonson Topic(s): Happiness More From Ben Jonson "Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised." "He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity." More In Happiness "Feminism’s agenda is basic: It asks that women not be forced to choose between public justice and private happiness."― Susan Faludi "The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation; it is understanding."― Winifred Holtby "I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves."― Wilhelm von Humboldt