"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 "I’m a true believer in karma. You get what you give, whether it’s bad or good."― Sandra Bullock "Ultimately, all human activities have as their goal the realization of happiness. Why, then, have we ended up producing the opposite result? Could the underlying cause be our failure to correctly understand the true nature of happiness?"― Daisaku Ikeda "The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune."― Francois de La Rochefoucauld