Unhappiness

Happiness depends upon ourselves

In an ugly and unhappy world the richest man can purchase nothing but ugliness and unhappiness

Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love

There is no worse sorrow than remembering happiness in the day of sorrow

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself

One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines

There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol

Let no one till his death be called unhappy. Measure not the work until the day's out and the labour done

One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched

The majority of men devote the greater part of their lives to making their remaining years unhappy.

At the door of every happy person there should be a man with a hammer whose knock would serve as a constant reminder of the existence of unfortunate people

The more refined one is, the more unhappy

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

In addition to my other numerous acquaintances, I have one more intimate confidant. My depression is the most faithful mistress I have known -- no wonder, then, that I return the love

Sometimes only one person is missing and the whole world seems depopulated