Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in or the fortunes they have met with.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.

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 poverty and other misfortunes of life true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.

History is little more than the register of the crimes follies and misfortunes of mankind.

Indeed history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes follies and misfortunes of mankind.

Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided.