More quotes by Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."
"Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."
"Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love."
"Life is made up of marble and mud."
"Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect, whether he chooses to be so or not."