No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never to be afflicted.

As a rule, adversity reveals genius and prosperity hides it.

To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.

We need tough days to drive us to our knees.

He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatest of the soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported without the latter.

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

If your knees are knocking, kneel on them.

Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.