Pleasure and pain, the good and the bad, are so intermixed that we can not shun the one without depriving ourselves of the other.

Woman softens her own troubles by generously solacing those of others.

three-fourths of all marriages are unhappy.

Who would venture upon the journey of life, if compelled to begin it at the end?

The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.

Pleasure and pain, the good and the bad, are so intermixed that we can not shun the one without depriving ourselves of the other.

It is with many enterprises as with striking fire; we do not meet with success except by reiterated efforts, and often at the instant when we despaired of success.