"True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice." ― Ben Jonson Topic(s): Happiness More From Ben Jonson "He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity." "Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised." More In Happiness "A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else."― Bette Davis "There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy."― Chanakya "Some of you read with me 40 years ago a portion of Aristotle’s Ethics, a selection of passages that describe his idea of happiness. You may not remember too well."― Charles Van Doren