Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.

Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.

I am Envy. I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned.

I am Envy. I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned.

It is in the character if very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

It is in the character if very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on.

I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on.

The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight.
[Lat., Levis est consolatio ex miseria aliorum.]

The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight.
[Lat., Levis est consolatio ex miseria aliorum.]

And bear about the mockery of woe
To midnight dances and the public show.

And bear about the mockery of woe
To midnight dances and the public show.

Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby
Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.

Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby
Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in read more

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

The miserable have no other medicine, But only hope.

The miserable have no other medicine, But only hope.