I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.

Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to come.

Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!