Find expression for a sorrow, and it will become dear to you. Find expression for a joy, and you will read more

Find expression for a sorrow, and it will become dear to you. Find expression for a joy, and you will intensify its ecstasy.

Joys too exquisite to last,
And yet more exquisite when past.

Joys too exquisite to last,
And yet more exquisite when past.

And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep.

And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep.

Joy has this in common with pain, that it robs people of reason.

Joy has this in common with pain, that it robs people of reason.

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace,love, prosperity, happiness... all the good things.

When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace,love, prosperity, happiness... all the good things.

Capacity for joy
Admits temptation.

Capacity for joy
Admits temptation.

Warm weather fosters growth: cold weather destroys it. Thus a man with an unsympathetic temperament has a scant joy: but read more

Warm weather fosters growth: cold weather destroys it. Thus a man with an unsympathetic temperament has a scant joy: but a man with a warm and friendly heart overflowing blessings, and his beneficence will extend to posterity.

For bonny sweet Robin is all my joy.

For bonny sweet Robin is all my joy.