If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

This, this is misery! the last, the worst,
That man can feel.

This, this is misery! the last, the worst,
That man can feel.

A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer.

A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

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?]

Horatio looked handsomely miserable, like Hamlet slipping on a
piece of orange-peel.

Horatio looked handsomely miserable, like Hamlet slipping on a
piece of orange-peel.

The miserable have no other medicine, But only hope.

The miserable have no other medicine, But only hope.

Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and of our miseries. A marriage of love is pleasant, of interest, easy, read more

Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and of our miseries. A marriage of love is pleasant, of interest, easy, and where both meet, happy. A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of friendship, all the enjoyments of sense and reason, and,

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.