"The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation."― Jeremy Bentham Topic(s): HappinessMore From Jeremy Bentham"The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.""Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government.""No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion."More In Happiness"Happiness, for you we walk on a knife edge. To the eyes you are a flickering light, to the feet, thin ice that cracks; and so may no one touch you who loves you."― Eugenio Montale"Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool."― Andre Maurois"When the honour is given to that scientist personally the happiness is sweet indeed. Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers."― George Porter