Adversity

 

A remembrance of the good use he had made of prosperity contributed to support his mind under the heavy weight of adversity which then lay upon him. Francis Atterbury.	1
He that has never known adversity is but half acquainted with others, or with himself. Constant success shows us but one side of the world. For, as it surrounds us with friends, who will tell us only our merits, so it silences those enemies from whom alone we can learn our defects. Charles Caleb Colton: Lacon.	2

Adversity borrows its sharpest sting from our impatience. Bishop George Horne.	5
As adversity leads us to think properly of our state, it is most beneficial to us. Dr. Samuel Johnson.	6