“There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.”

“In visions of the night, like dropping rain, Descend the many memories of pain”

“Wisdom comes through suffering.Trouble, with its memories of pain,Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep,So men against their willLearn to practice moderation.Favours come to us from gods.”

“Memory is the mother of all wisdom. ”

“There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.”

“Nothing forces us to knowWhat we do not want to knowExcept pain”

“Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?”