What does this quote mean?

“Do not find your happiness in another’s sorrow.”

A person’s good fortune is morally diminished when it depends on enjoying somebody else’s pain or humiliation.

Source note: The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, saying 18, D. Lyman Jr. translation (1856).

“Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.”

Ruskin presents affection toward children as relational rather than one-way: care given to a child can be met with trust, warmth and generosity in return.

Source note: The Crown of Wild Olive, Lecture I, “Work,” Project Gutenberg #26716, printed page 41. Ruskin places the sentence inside a Victorian Christian discussion of what he calls the loving and generous character of “right childhood”; this collection preserves that historical moral framework rather than treating every surrounding prescription as modern child-development evidence.

“Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.”

Friendship and community require emotional presence in both directions, sharing another person’s joy as well as sorrow.

Source note: Romans 12:15 in the King James Version.

“To err is human; to forgive, divine.”

Error is treated as ordinary human limitation, while forgiveness requires an additional act of generosity.

Source note: An Essay on Criticism, Part II; Pope warns that shallow learning can produce premature confidence before deeper study tempers judgment.

“Charity suffereth long, and is kind.”

Love is defined partly through patience and kindness, shifting the idea from emotion alone toward repeated behavior under strain.

Source note: 1 Corinthians 13:4 in the King James Version; this is the opening clause of the verse.

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”

The advice combines generosity with judgment: goodwill can be broad while trust remains selective.

Source note: All’s Well That Ends Well, Act 1, Scene 1; the Countess gives Bertram compact advice about conduct before he leaves.