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He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be.

Every man of genius sees the world at a different angle from his fellows, and there is his tragedy.

By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.

Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity.

He who receives a great many letters demanding answer, sees himself as if engaged in a hopeless struggle of one man against the rest of the world.