"MISFORTUNE, n. The kind of fortune that never misses."

"He went like one that hath been stunn'd, And is of sense forlorn: A sadder and a wiser man, He rose the morrow morn."

"I was a stricken deer that left the herd Long since."

"Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen, Fallen from his high estate, And welt'ring in his blood; Deserted at his utmost need,…"

"A man may be reputed an able man this year, and yet be a beggar the next; it is a misfortune that happens to many men…"

"He who travels the hazardous road of misfortune courageously, leaves it strewn with sweet flowers of consolation for …"

"There is something very amusing in the misfortunes of others."

"When bad fortune occurs, the unresourceful, unimaginative man looks about him to attach the blame to someone else; th…"

"Misfortunes cannot suffice to make a fool into an intelligent man."

"Calamity is man's true touch-stone."