I thought I was going to be happy, but I'm between a rock and a hard place. Which way to follow, that of reason or that of the heart? Anyone won't make me completely happy...
Because all your days are pain. - Ecclesiastes 2:23
Ecclesiastes
If virtue perishes, charity perishes.
Taoist Texts
I would be happy to serve; What disgusts me is people using me.
Alexander Griboyedov
The prudent man does not confuse pleasure with happiness.
Plato
From the moment a man commits a crime, punishment enters his heart.
Hesiod