Misfortune

"All daring and courage, all iron endurance of misfortune make for a finer, nobler type of manhood."

"To lose one parent, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness."

"The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us."

"Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us."

"Misfortune shows those who are not really friends."

"When the soul suffers too much, it develops a taste for misfortune."

"Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings."

"A tendancy to melancholy - let it be observed, is a misfortune, not a fault."

"Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune."

"Misfortune nobly born is good fortune."

"If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart."

"The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books."