Grief and sadness knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger than common joys

Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys. -Alphonse de Lamartine.

You will never know true happiness until you have faced the true sadness in your life.

Habit with it's iron sinews, clasps us and leads us day by day.

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.