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.

In relating our misfortunes, we often feel them lightened.

We sink to rise.

It is well to treasure the memories of past misfortunes; they constitute our bank of fortitude.

If a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him ...

We are all strong enough to endure the misfortunes of others.

Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

Perhaps the school of misfortunes is the very best.

She saw shrewdly that the world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willingly avoids the sight of distress.

... when something is detestable, and yet inevitable, what one must do is not merely to endure it-a hard task whatever one may do-but find an excuse for loving it. Everything is a matter of points of view, and misfortune is often only the sign of a false interpretation of life.