“Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone.”

“Laugh, and the world laughs with you;Weep, and you weep alone;For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,But has trouble enough of its own.”

“Smile and the world smiles with you...Weep and you weep alone.”

“You have noticed that the truth comes into this world with two faces. One is sad with suffering, and the other laughs; but it is the same face, laughing or weeping. When people are already in despair, maybe the laughing face is better for them; and when they feel too good and are too sure of being safe, maybe the weeping face is better for them to see.”

“if you cannot but weep when your soul summons you to prayer, she should spur you again and yet again, though weeping, until you shall come laughing”

“In a cruel land, you either learned to laugh at cruelty or spent your life weeping.”

“life is sad.......when you are living it alone.”