It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy which would be the case in a general state of equality.
It is not a lack of love but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
Not necessity not desire - no the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health food a place to live entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.
What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music.
Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves.
Let no one who loves be unhappy even love unreturned has its rainbow.
There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.