Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.
Jacopo Sannazaro

Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
Tacitus

Marriage is miserable unless you find the right person that is your soulmate and that takes a lot of looking.
Marvin Gaye

May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the window and kiss the night air.
Franz Kafka

Miserable is a good thing, though. If you start the day miserable, nobody else can screw up your day.
Jake Roberts

Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable.
Clare Boothe Luce

Money is time. With money I buy for cheerful use the hours which otherwise would not in any sense be mine; nay, which would make me their miserable bondsman.
George Gissing

Money, if it does not bring you happiness, will at least help you be miserable in comfort.
Helen Gurley Brown

Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.
Robert Anthony

My wife is the most awesome person in the universe. She's made this experience much less miserable for me, with her compassion, patience and understanding.
Wil Wheaton

Nature should have been pleased to have made this age miserable, without making it also ridiculous.
Elizabeth Hardwick

No one is more miserable than the person who wills everything and can do nothing.
Claudius

No one is really miserable who has not tried to cheapen life.
David Starr Jordan

No one is so miserable as the poor person who maintains the appearance of wealth.
Charles Spurgeon

No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.
Adam Smith

No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable.
Letitia Landon

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.
Walter Savage Landor

Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy.
Cynthia Nelms

Nothing is miserable unless you think it is so.
Boethius

Nothing need be apprehended from this miserable adventurer.
Louis Bonaparte