Of all tales 'tis the saddest--and more sad,
Because it makes us smile.

Of all tales 'tis the saddest--and more sad,
Because it makes us smile.

Dear to us are those who love us. . . but dearer are those who reject us as unworthy, for read more

Dear to us are those who love us. . . but dearer are those who reject us as unworthy, for they add another life; they build a heaven before us whereof we had not dreamed, and thereby supply to us new powers out of the recesses of the spirit . . .

Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.

Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.

I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, read more

I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems to me always more sadness than joy in life.

Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance
sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping?

Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance
sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping?

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when read more

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

If you see a friend without a smile; give him one of yours.

If you see a friend without a smile; give him one of yours.

'Tis impious in a good man to be sad.

'Tis impious in a good man to be sad.

The human mind can bear plenty of reality but not too much intermittent gloom.

The human mind can bear plenty of reality but not too much intermittent gloom.