Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the face the heart is made better.

We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.

Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life.

There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.

The only thing grief as taught me is to know how shallow it is.

The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.

Sorrow is the rust of the soul and activity will cleanse and brighten it.

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.

Sorrow is tranquility remembered in emotion.

Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.