Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he read more

Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help
smiling at, but they are the read more

There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help
smiling at, but they are the smiles that make wrinkles and not
dimples.

Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.

Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.

No, misery makes sport to mock itself.

No, misery makes sport to mock itself.

The miserable have no other medicine, But only hope.

The miserable have no other medicine, But only hope.

People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage read more

People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage to walk with any kind of bearing towards another person's habitual misery.

Grim-visaged, comfortless despair.

Grim-visaged, comfortless despair.

I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some read more

I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.