Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date.

If suffer we must, let's suffer on the heights.

—Unknown

Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.

—Unknown

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

—Unknown

Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.

—Unknown

No man deserves punishment for his thoughts.

—Unknown

In summer, the song sings itself.

—William Shakespeare

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

—William Carlos Williams

What a beautiful, sunny morning. It makes you happy to be alive, doesn't it? We can't let the sun outshine us! We have to beam, too!

—Wallace Stevens

Summer afternoon-summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.

—Henry James

Summer afternoon—Summer afternoon… the two most beautiful words in the English language.

—Henry James