Unhappiness (n.) at Don Juan's hands is something girls choose: only a fool would refuse to be unhappy for the price of having once been happy with him.
Unhappiness (n.) at its utmost would be being unable to die, like the Wandering Jew; happy he who died old, happier he who died young, happiest of all he who was never born.
Unhappiness (n.) is the one prize that is certain: he who is sure he is the unhappiest man need fear no good fortune, nor cry “Solon, Solon!” in his last hour.
Unhappiness (n.) at its utmost is the man for whom what he hopes for lies behind him and what he remembers lies before him: come into the world too soon, he always comes too late.
Unhappiness (n.) is never due to not having the outward conditions in one's power — that is precisely what would make a man unhappy.
Unhappiness (n.) clings to its own self: in all their sufferings the unfortunate would not for the world be anyone else, feeling the eternal validity of their personality in its bane.
Unhappiness (n.) is not happiness: 'the unhappiest man is the happiest' is a falsehood that rebels against God, like laughing when one ought to weep, and betrays the human race.
Unhappiness (n.) even when infinite does not mean a man has learned he can do nothing of himself; if he thinks he lacks only the means, he still believes in himself.