“Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.”
“If you would reflect well and wisely, you would realize that those events you regard as personal misfortunes have served a useful purpose even in this worldly life, and indeed have worked for your betterment.”
“Misfortunes make us wise”
“This misfortune you find is of your own manufacture.Keep hold of what you have, it will harm no other,for hatred comes home to the hand that chose it.”
“It is a characteristic of the weak and criminal to attribute to others the misfortunes that are the result of their own wickedness.”
“Pride thinks it's own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.”