“Whatever anybody says, the most important thing in life is to be happy.”

“I think it's so foolish for people to want to be happy. Happy is so momentary--you're happy for an instant and then you start thinking again. Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous.”

“The most important things are the hardest to say”

“Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.”

“The only moral lesson which is suited for a child--the most important lesson for every time of life--is this: 'Never hurt anybody.”

“The principles we live by, in business and in social life, are the most important part of happiness.”

“Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.”

“There is something to be said for every error; but, whatever may be said for it, the most important thing to be said about it is that it is erroneous.”

“The most important things in life are not 'things'.
To me, they are the people, the lives.”

“The most important thing for everyone in Gringolandia is to have ambition and become 'somebody,' and frankly, I don't have the least ambition to become anybody.”