#Misfortune

"Great minds have purpose, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them."

"[W]hen someone finds himself quite unjustly attacked and hated on all sides, there is no need for such a person to feel dismayed by misfortune. See how Fortune, who has harmed many a one, is so inconstant, for God, Who opposes all wrong deeds, raises up those in whom hope dwells."

"Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?"

"That’s how stories happen — with a turning point, an unexpected twist. There’s only one kind of happiness, but misfortune comes in all shapes and sizes. It’s like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story."

"Unseen in the background, Fate was quietly slipping lead into the boxing-glove."

"The man with the real sense of humor is the man who can put himself in the spectator's place and laugh at his own misfortune."