What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.

What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.

Oh, I have suffered
With those that I saw suffer!

Oh, I have suffered
With those that I saw suffer!

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.

If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.

And taste
The melancholy joys of evils pass'd,
For he who much has suffer'd, much will know.

And taste
The melancholy joys of evils pass'd,
For he who much has suffer'd, much will know.

Can it be, O Christ in heaven, that the holiest suffer most,
That the strongest wander furthest, and more read more

Can it be, O Christ in heaven, that the holiest suffer most,
That the strongest wander furthest, and more hopelessly are lost?

I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another.

I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another.

Ho! why dost thou shiver and shake, Gaffer Grey?
And why does thy nose look so blue?

Ho! why dost thou shiver and shake, Gaffer Grey?
And why does thy nose look so blue?

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men read more

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.