Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone;
For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.
Source: Solitude, st. 1.
-- Ella Wheeler Wilcox, (Nov 5 1850-1919), US writer, poet, journalist; She wrote 40 volumes of sentimental verse including Solitude.