| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Joy |
| | | A joyous evening often leads to a sorrowful morning. Danish. | 1 |
| A joyous heart spins the hemp. Servian. | 2 |
| After joy, grief; after grief, joy. Tamil. | 3 |
| After sorrow, joy. Latin. | 4 |
| All the joys in the world cannot take one gray hair out of our heads. | 5 |
All the joys we travel to through vice,
Like fairy banquets vanish when we touch them. Massinger. | 6 |
All who joy would win, must share it;
Happiness was born a twin. Byron. | 7 |
| Every life has its joy; every joy its law. Danish. | 8 |
| If your joys cannot be long, so neither can your sorrows. | 9 |
| Joy and sorrow are next door neighbors. German. | 10 |
| Joy and sorrow usually succeed each other. Arabian. | 11 |
| Joy is like the ague; one good day between two bad ones. Danish. | 12 |
| Joy is the tender shadow which sorrow casts. Jeremy Taylor. | 13 |
| Joys are not the property of the rich alone. Horace. | 14 |
| Joy surfeited turns to sorrow. Latin. | 15 |
| Joy which we cannot share with others is only half enjoyed. Hans Andersen. | 16 |
| No joy like Heaven’s. | 17 |
| No joy without alloy. | 18 |
| Sudden joy kills sooner than excessive grief. | 19 |
The present joys of life we doubly taste,
By looking back with pleasure on the past. Martial. | 20 |
| We should publish our joys and conceal our griefs. | 21 |
| When joy is in the parlor, sorrow is in the passage. Danish. | 22 | | |
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