Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.

Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.

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.

But were there ever any
Writhed not at passed joy?

But were there ever any
Writhed not at passed joy?

And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy,
The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy.

And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy,
The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy.

The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.

The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.

Joy is not in things; it is in us

Joy is not in things; it is in us

I do it for the joy it brings, cause I'm a joyful girl. 'Cause the world owes us nothing, we read more

I do it for the joy it brings, cause I'm a joyful girl. 'Cause the world owes us nothing, we owe each other the world.

One joy shatters a hundred griefs

One joy shatters a hundred griefs

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.