Sweet bird, that shun the noise of folly, most musical, most melancholy!

Sweet bird, that shun the noise of folly, most musical, most melancholy!

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead

Of all the words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these... it might have been.

Of all the words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these... it might have been.

Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, read more

Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, and the pleasure taken in them naturally has a somewhat melancholy character. So, melancholy is morbid only when it occupies too much place in life; but it is equally morbid for it to be wholly excluded from life.

Ugliness is in a way superior to beauty because it lasts.

Ugliness is in a way superior to beauty because it lasts.

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

I lean to you, numb as a fossil. Tell me I'm here.

I lean to you, numb as a fossil. Tell me I'm here.

I have no regrets because I know I did my best -- all I could do.

I have no regrets because I know I did my best -- all I could do.

Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in.

Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in.