| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Misery |
| | | He bears misery best who hides it most. | 1 |
| He is miserable indeed who must lock up his miseries. | 2 |
| He is miserable once who feels it, but twice who fears it before it comes. | 3 |
| Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows. Shakespeare. | 4 |
| Misery doth brave minds abate. Spenser. | 5 |
| Misery is always unjust. | 6 |
Misery must be the mother,
When one beggar begets another. | 7 |
| Sacred even to gods, is misery. Homer. | 8 |
| The miseries of the virtuous are the scandal of the good. Publius Syrus. | 9 |
This iron world brings down the stoutest heart to lowest state,
For misery doth bravest minds abate. Spenser. | 10 |
| When misery is highest, help is nighest. | 11 | | |
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