It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made Sophocles
Learn to see in another’s calamity the ills which you should avoid. Syrus, Publilius
Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen. Lowell, James Russell
Light troubles speak; the weighty are struck du Seneca
Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortun Aesop
No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never to be afflicted. Hugo, Victor
One’s own escape from troubles makes one glad; but bringing friends to trouble is hard grief. Sophocles
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. Unknown
Prosperity is not without many fears and distaste; adversity not without many comforts and hopes. Bacon, Francis
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it. Hazlitt, William
Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue. Bacon, Francis
Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities as hard as iron. Emerson, Ralph Waldo
