Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.

Outward attacks and troubles rather fix than unsettle the Christian, as tempests from without only serve to root the oak faster.

That which does not kill me makes me stronger.

But since ... it was fun to struggle why complain?

Unless the clay be well pounded, no pitcher can be made.

The good are better made by ill, As odors crushed are sweeter still.

Genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity, and a state of continuous prosperity may easily prove a quicksand to virtue.

Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.

Sweet are the uses of adversity; Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.

How should thy patience be crowned in heaven if none adversity should befall to thee in earth? If thou wilt suffer none adversity how mayest thou be the friend of Christ?