Comparison is the death of joy.

To get the full value of joy you must have someone to share it with

I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me.

Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass.

To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.

Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy must have somebody to divide it with.