Melancholy is not, as you conceive, indisposition of body, but the mind’s disease. John Ford
Melancholy has ceased to be an individual phenomenon, an exception. It has become the class privilege of the wage earner, a mass state of mind that finds its cause wherever life is governed by production quotas. Gunther Grass
Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking. Samuel Johnson
The sad companion, dull-eyed melancholy. William Shakespeare (Pericles, 1:2)
Naught so sweet as melancholy. Robert Burton
Aristotle said melancholy men of all others are most witty. Robert Burton
All changes are more or less tinged with melancholy, for what we are leaving behind is part of ourselves. Amelia E Barr
There’s naught in this life sweet,
If man were wise to see ‘t,
But only melancholy;
O sweetest Melancholy!
John Fletcher
There is a certain amount of purpose, acquiescence, and satisfaction in nursing one’s melancholy. Michel de Montaigne
Employment, sir, and hardships prevent melancholy. Samuel Johnson