“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, and his former reputation will signify nothing.”
“Misfortune had conquered her, how true it is, that sooner or later the most rebellious must bow beneath the same yoke.”
“Conscientia rectæ voluntatis maxima consolatio est rerum incommodarum.”
“Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.”
“Nihil infelicius eo, cui nihil unquam evenit adversi, non licuit enim illi se experiri.”
“Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito.”
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