"It is not in the bright, happy day, but only in the solemn night, that other worlds are to be seen shining in their long, long distances. And it is in sorrow — the night of the soul — that we see farthest, and know ourselves natives of infinity, and sons and daughters of the Most High."

"Sorrows humanize our race; Tears are the showers that fertilize this world."

"There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues."

"God gives us power to bear all the sorrows of His making; but He does not give us power to bear the sorrows of our own making, which the anticipation of sorrow most assuredly is."

"When we feel how God was in our sorrows, we shall trust the more blessedly that He will be in our deaths."

"Earth may embitter, not remove. The love divinely given; And e'en that mortal grief shall prove The immortality of love, And lead us nearer heaven."

"Sorrow is only one of the lower notes in the oratorio of our blessedness."

"So joys remembered without wish or will Sharpen the keenest edge of present ill."

"How fast we learn in the day of sorrow! Scripture shines out in a new effulgence; every verse seems to contain a sunbeam, every promise stands out in illuminated splendor; things hard to be understood become in a moment plain."

"Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground."

"If man were sufficient for man, there would be no need for religion. If there were no evils from which man could not rescue his brother, there would be no need for a Saviour; if no sorrows under which man could not sustain his fellow man, there would be no need of a Divine Comforter. But it is a grief, a care like yours, which makes religion a reality. Carry it to the throne of grace, and see if there you do not find mercy to pardon and grace to help in time of need."

"Joy was a flame in me Too steady to destroy. Lithe as a bending reed, Loving the storm that sways her— I found more joy in sorrow Than you could find in joy."

"Time, thy name is sorrow, says the stricken Heart of life, laid waste with wasting flame Ere the change of things and thoughts requicken, Time, thy name."

"Smit with exceeding sorrow unto Death."

"Nulla dies mærore caret."

"Each time we love, We turn a nearer and a broader mark To that keen archer, Sorrow, and he strikes."

"Kurz ist der Schmerz, und ewig ist die Freude!"

"When I was young, I said to Sorrow, "Come and I will play with thee!" He is near me now all day, And at night returns to say, "I will come again to-morrow— I will come and stay with thee.""

"From the very summit of his sorrows, where he had gone to die, Moses, for the first time in his life, caught a view of the land of Canaan. He did not know, as he went over the rocks, torn and weary, how lovely the prospect was from the top. In this world, it frequently happens that when man has reached the place of anguish, God rolls away the mist from his eyes, and the very spot selected as the receptacle of his tears, becomes the place of his highest rapture."

"Day-thoughts feed nightly dreams; And sorrow tracketh wrong, As echo follows song."

"Our days and nights Have sorrows woven with delights."

"A grace within his soul hath reigned Which nothing else can bring; Thank God for all that I have gained By that high sorrowing."

"Oderunt hilarem tristes tristemque jocosi."

"When sparrows build and the leaves break forth My old sorrow wakes and cries."

"I walked a mile with Sorrow And ne'er a word said she; But, oh, the things I learned from her When Sorrow walked with me."

"Weep on; and, as thy sorrows flow, I'll taste the luxury of woe."

"In the bitter waves of woe, Beaten and tossed about By the sullen winds which blow From the desolate shores of doubt."

"Nessun maggior dolore Che ricordarsi del tempo felice Nella miseria."

"Ach! aus dem Glück entwickelt oft sich Schmerz."

"Men die, but sorrow never dies; The crowding years divide in vain, And the wide world is knit with ties Of common brotherhood in pain."

"A happier lot were mine, If I must lose thee, to go down to earth, For I shall have no hope when thou art gone,— Nothing but sorrow. Father have I none, And no dear mother."

"Sinks my sad soul with sorrow to the grave."

"The path of sorrow, and that path alone, Leads to the lands where sorrow is unknown"

"Hang sorrow, care 'll kill a cat."

"Wer nie sein Brod mit Thränen ass, Wer nicht die kummervollen Nächte Auf seinem Bette weinend sass, Der kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlischen Mächte."

"will you believe that I regret/being an ambassador of sorrow?"

"Con dolor rimembrando il tempo lieto."

"Ah, don't be sorrowful, darling, And don't be sorrowful, pray; Taking the year together, my dear, There isn't more night than day."

"Quæ fuit durum pati, Miminisse dulce est."

"Curæ leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent."

"Die Leiden sind wie die Gewitterwolken; in der Ferne sehen sie schwartz aus, über uns kaum grau."

"When sorrow sleepeth, wake it not, But let it slumber on."

"For of Fortune's sharpe adversite, The worste kynde of infortune is this, A man to hav bent in prosperite, And it remembren whan it passed is."

"What shall be done for sorrow With love whose race is run? Where help is none to borrow, What shall be done?"

"Since sorrow never comes top late, And happiness too swiftly flies."

"Ecoute, moribonde! Il n'est pire douleur Qu'un souvenir heureux dans les jour de malheur."

"Hang sorrow, care will kill a cat, And therefore let's be merry."

"Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been and may be again."

"Not till the everlasting day break, and the shadows flee away, and the Lord Himself shall be our light, and our God our glory, can we do without the cloud in the sunshine, the shade of sorrow in the bright light of joy, and the curtain of night for the deepening of the sleep which God gives His beloved."

"I have, as when the sun doth light a storm, Buried this sigh in wrinkle of a smile: But sorrow, that is couch'd in seeming gladness, Is like that mirth fate turns to sudden sadness."