I drink to the general joy of the whole table.

William Shakespeare · Macbeth (1606), III, iv

If sack and sugar be a fault, God help the wicked! If to be old and merry be a sin, then many an old host that I know is damned.

William Shakespeare · The source reads: “If sack and sugar be a fault, God help the wicked! If to be old and merry be a sin, then many an old host that I know is damned: if to be fat be to be hated, then Pharaoh’s lean kine are to be loved.” · King Henry IV, Part I, II, iv

Small things make base men proud.

William Shakespeare · King Henry VI, Part II (1590–1591), IV, i

Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold.

William Shakespeare · As You Like It (1599–1600), I, iii

How simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea.

Nikos Kazantzakis · The source reads: “How simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea.… All that is required to feel that here and now is happiness is a simple, frugal heart.” · Zorba the Greek (1946), ch. 7

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

The Bible · The source reads: “The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground: yea, I have a goodly heritage.” · Psalm 16:6. The familiar King James wording; the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations gives the Book of Common Prayer psalter.

We shouldn't just say, "Let me be miserable now, and later I'll be happy." You've got to learn to find the joy all the way through.

Michael Strahan · The source reads: “I was always told "Work hard when you're young so you can enjoy it when you're older." We should really be enjoying it all the way through. We shouldn't just say, "Well, let me be miserable now, and later then I'll be happy." You've got to learn to find the joy all the way.” · The footballer and broadcaster on joy.

“I drink to the general joy of the whole table.”

“If sack and sugar be a fault, God help the wicked! If to be old and merry be a sin, then many an old host that I know is damned.”

“Small things make base men proud.”

“Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold.”

“How simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea.”

“The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.”

“We shouldn't just say, "Let me be miserable now, and later I'll be happy." You've got to learn to find the joy all the way through.”

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