Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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Of Adversity.

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.

Of Adversity.

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Virtue is like precious odours,—most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed.[165:1]

Of Adversity.

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.

Of Marriage and Single Life.

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.[165:2]

Of Marriage and Single Life.