Who said “It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but…”?

“A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.”

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.”

“Oh, fear not in a world like this, and thou shalt know erelong, know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.”

“Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very young or the very foolish imagine otherwise.”

“The afflicted are not listened to. They are like someone whose tongue has been cut out and who occasionally forgets the fact. When they move their lips no ear perceives any sound. And they themselves soon sink into impotence in the use of language, because of the certainty of not being heard.”

“Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.”

“It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.”

“The writer is more concerned to know than to judge.”

“Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way.”

“Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.”

“Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.”