“Weep on! and as thy sorrows flow,
I 'll taste the luxury of woe.”

“He saith: Accuse not self overdone much, deeming that thy tribulation and thy woe is all for thy fault; for I will not that thou be heavy or sorrowful indiscreetly. For I tell thee, howsoever thou do, thou shalt have woe. And therefore I will that thou wisely know thy penance; and shalt see in truth that all thy living is penance profitable.”

“Sleep, sleep, beauty bright,
Dreaming o'er the joys of night.
Sleep, sleep: in thy sleep
Little sorrows sit and weep.”

“Show me a person who hasn´t known any sorrow and I´ll show you a superficial.”

“I have laid sorrow to sleep;
Love sleeps.
She who oft made me weep
Now weeps.”

“I wish to weep
but sorrow is
stupid.
I wish to believe
but belief is a
graveyard.”

“From sorrow to sorrow love crosses its islands
and establishes roots that are watered by weeping.”

“Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.”

“But when the melancholy fit shall fall
Sudden from heaven like a weeping cloud,
That fosters the droop-headed flowers all,
And hides the green hill in an April shroud;
Then glut thy sorrow on a morning rose.”

“He that is thy friend indeed,
He will help thee in thy need:
If thou sorrow, he will weep;
If thou wake, he cannot sleep:
Thus of every grief in heart
He with thee doth bear a part.
These are certain signs to know
Faithful friend from flattering foe.”