The miserable have no other medicine, But only hope.

The miserable have no other medicine, But only hope.

All of which misery I saw, part of which I was.
[Lat., Quaeque ipse misserrima vidi, et quorum pars read more

All of which misery I saw, part of which I was.
[Lat., Quaeque ipse misserrima vidi, et quorum pars magna fui.]

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

The worst of misery
Is when a nature framed for noblest things
Condemns itself in youth to read more

The worst of misery
Is when a nature framed for noblest things
Condemns itself in youth to petty joys,
And, sore athirst for air, breathes scanty life
Gasping from out the shallows.

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

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

Grim-visaged, comfortless despair.

Grim-visaged, comfortless despair.

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.

There is no greater grief than to remember days of joy when misery is at hand.

There is no greater grief than to remember days of joy when misery is at hand.