“Tis impious in a good man to be sad”

“What dares not impious man for cursed Gold!”

“Tis hard to feign merriment when the heart is sad.”
Difficile est tristi fingere mente iocum.

“But sad as angels for the good man's sin,
Weep to record, and blush to give it in.”

“Content thyself to be obscurely good.
When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway,
The post of honor is a private station.”

“A little in one's own pocket is better than much in another man's purse. 'Tis good to keep a nest egg. Every little makes a mickle.”

“A man looks pretty small at a wedding, George. All those good women standing shoulder to shoulder, making sure that the knot's tied in a mighty public way.”

“It was sad, like those businessmen who came to work in serious clothes but wore colorful ties in a mad, desperate attempt to show there was a free spirit in there somewhere.”

“Beautiful weakness! oh, if weak,
That woman's heart should tinge her cheek!
'Tis sad to change it for the strength
That heart and cheek must know at length.”

“Sad stories make good books”