—Not riddle enough to scare human love from it, not solution enough to put to sleep human wisdom:⁠—a humanly good thing was the world to me today, of which such bad things are said!

How I thank my morning-dream that I thus at today’s dawn, weighed the world! As a humanly good thing did it come unto me, this dream and heart-comforter!

And that I may do the like by day, and imitate and copy its best, now will I put the three worst things on the scales, and weigh them humanly well.⁠—

He who taught to bless taught also to curse: what are the three best cursed things in the world? These will I put on the scales.