happiness

• Suppose, Marcus and Lucilia, your whole population of slaves were, instead of strangers and slaves, your children, toward whom you experienced the same sentiments of deep affection that you did toward Gallus, how would you not consult for their happiness; and how plain it is, that whatever laws you might set over them, they would be laws of love, the end of which, however they might not always recognize it, would be their happiness--happiness through their virtue. —  Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century
• Never!" cried Antoinette But I can return to it the very day your happiness is assured. —  Which? or, Between Two Women
• God knows I love her better than anything on earth; but her happiness is my first consideration, and if she likes you, Frank, she shall marry you Captain Lovell seemed to be of a different opinion. —  Kate Coventry An Autobiography
• The colour in Amine's cheek varied and her heart beat, for she felt how much her happiness was at stake The priest is right, Amine," said Philip sitting down by her. —  The Phantom Ship
• Mike declared that the only drawback to his happiness was the loss of his fiddle, which he never expected to see again Dat am de cause ob my grief," observed Quambo, putting his hand to his heart. —  Afar in the Forest

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