No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.
Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar International, 1991.
-- Christian Nestell Bovee, (Feb 22 1820-1904), US author, lawyer; His Thoughts, Feelings and Fancies, 1857 was the source for many popular epigrammatic sayings.