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"Cheerful at morn he wakes from short repose, Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes."
"Had she been light, like you, Of such a merry, nimble, stirring spirit, She might ha been a grandam ere she died; And so may you; for a light heart lives long."

Happiness is a complex and multifaceted mental state that encompasses a range of positive feelings, from contentment to intense joy. It is often associated with positive life experiences, such as achieving goals, spending time with loved ones, or engaging in enjoyable activities. However, happiness can also arise spontaneously, without any apparent external cause.
"Cheerful at morn he wakes from short repose, Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes."
"I have always preferred Chearfulness to Mirth. The latter, I consider as an Act, the former as an Habit of the Mind. Mirth is short and transient. Cheerfulness fixed and permanent."
"A cheerful temper joined with innocence will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful and wit good-natured. It will lighten sickness, poverty and affliction, convert ignorance into an amiable simplicity, and render deformity itself agreeable."
"Cheered up himself with ends of verse And sayings of philosophers."
"It is good To lengthen to the last a sunny mood."
"Leve fit quod bene fertur onus."