Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.
Happiness depends upon ourselves. The ideal person bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. The beauty of the soul shines out when people bear with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because they do not feel them, but because they are people of high and heroic temper. Without friends no one would choose to live, though they had all other goods. Honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action.