“Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age.
“Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them
“Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.
“At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction
“It behooves us to accomplish what God requires of us, even when we are in the greatest despair respecting the results
“Since my earliest childhood a barb of sorrow has lodged in my heart. As long as it stays I am ironic, if it is pulled out I shall die
“The first pressure of sorrow crushes out from our hearts the best wine; afterwards the constant weight of it brings forth bitterness, the taste and strain from the lees of the vat
“In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all, and it comes with bitter agony. Perfect relief is not possible, except with the passing of time.
“All my life I still have found, and I will forget it never; every sorrow hath its bound, and no cross endures forever.
“In sorrow he learned this truth: Though one may return to the place of his birth, he cannot go back to his youth
“May you see God's light on the path ahead when the road you walk is dark. May you always hear, even in your hour of sorrow, the gentle singing of the lark. When times are hard may hardness never turn your heart to stone, may you always remember when the shadows fall— you do not walk alone
“A joyful heart is the normal result of a heart burning with love. Never let anything so fill you with sorrow as to make you forget the joy of Christ Risen.