Quotes and Musings #001

For if we be harassed by poverty, or saddened by bereavement...or vexed by any kind of calamity, let good men visit us, men who can not only rejoice with them that rejoice, but also weep with them that week... the effect is that rough things become smooth, heavy burdens are lightened, and difficulties vanquished most wonderfully.

—AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO