“Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings.”
“It is the part of courage, when misfortune comes, to bear without repining the ruin of our hopes, to turn away our thoughts from vain regrets. This degree of submission to Power is not only just and right: it is the very gate of wisdom.”
“Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them.”
“The most fortunate of us, in our journey through life, frequently meet with calamities and misfortunes which may greatly afflict us; and, to fortify our minds against the attacks of these calamities and misfortunes, should be one of the principal studies and endeavours of our lives.”
“We must each of us bear our own misfortunes.”
“Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.”