“In nature there is nothing melancholy”
“Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.”
“Melancholy is an intimate aspect of human nature, while depression, like any other illness, creates fear and perplexity. Melancholy can displayed, depression is usually hidden. When transformed into a depression, melancholy becomes a defeat.”
“There is nothing like employment, active indispensable employment, for relieving sorrow. Employment, even melancholy, may dispel melancholy.”
“Nothing thicker than a knife's blade separates happiness from melancholy.”
“Nothing is really so poor and melancholy as art that is interested in itself and not in its subject.”