Afflictions sent by Providence melt the constancy of the noble-minded
but confirm the obduracy of the vile. The same furnace that hardens clay
liquefies gold; and in the strong manifestations of divine power Pharoah
found his punishment, but David his pardon.--_Colton._
Though all afflictions are evils in themselves, yet they are good for
us, because they discover to us our disease and tend to our
cure.--_Tillotson._
To love all mankind, from the greatest to the lowest (or meanest), a
cheerful state of being is required; but in order to see into mankind,
into life, and, still more, into ourselves, suffering is
requisite.--_Richter._
Count up man's calamities and who would seem happy? But in truth,
calamity leaves fully half of your life untouched.--_Charles Buxton._
~Age.~--Wrinkles are the tomb of love.--_Sarros in._
It cuts one sadly to see the grief of old people; they've no way o'
working it off; and the new spring brings no new shoots out on the
withered tree.--_George Eliot._