The miserable have no other medicine but hope.

The miserable have no other medicine but hope.

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight.
[Lat., Levis est consolatio ex miseria aliorum.]

The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight.
[Lat., Levis est consolatio ex miseria aliorum.]

Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery.

Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery.

Friends love misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too lucky or too successful or too pretty, our misery read more

Friends love misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too lucky or too successful or too pretty, our misery is the only thing that endears us to our friends.

That to live by one man's will became the cause of all men's
misery.

That to live by one man's will became the cause of all men's
misery.

He that is down need fear no fall.

He that is down need fear no fall.

We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of
continued happiness?
[Fr., Il read more

We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of
continued happiness?
[Fr., Il ne se faut jamais moquer des miserables,
Car qui peut s'assurer d'etre toujours heureux?]

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.