Partying is such sweet sorrow.

Everything is in a state of flux, including the status quo.

—Robert Byrne

Getting caught is the mother of invention.

—Robert Byrne

In order to preserve your self-respect, it is sometimes necessary to lie and cheat.

—Robert Byrne

The purpose of life is a life of purpose.

—Robert Byrne

Until you walk a mile in another man's moccasins you can't imagine the smell.

—Robert Byrne

It's strange that I could have laughed so hard under those circumstances, during that very dark moment in my life. But I've decided sorrow can make things funnier. Endure enough hardship, and you start really needing a good laugh.

—Katherine Center in How to Walk Away

Sorrow has its reward. It never leaves us where it found us.

—Mary Baker Eddy

The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.

—Saadi

In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.

—H. L. Mencken

Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart, and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.

—Frederick Douglass