Tho' losses and crosses
Be lessons right severe,
There's wit there, ye'll get there,
Ye'll find nae otherwhere.
Epistle to Davie. R. BURNS.
By adversity are wrought
The greatest work of admiration,
And all the fair examples of renown
Out of distress and misery are grown.
On the Earl of Southampton. S. DANIEL.
Aromatic plants bestow
No spicy fragrance while they grow;
But crushed or trodden to the ground,
Diffuse their balmy sweets around.
The Captivity, Act i. O. GOLDSMITH.
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odors crushed are sweeter still.
Jacqueline. S. ROGERS.
Daughter of Jove, relentless power,
Thou tamer of the human breast.
Whose iron scourge and torturing hour
The bad affright, afflict the best!
Hymn to Adversity. T. GRAY.
'T is better to be lowly born,
And range with humble livers in content.
Than to be perked up in a glistering grief,
And wear a golden sorrow.
King Henry VIII., Act ii. Sc. 3. SHAKESPEARE.
As if Misfortune made the throne her seat,
And none could be unhappy but the great.
The Fair Penitent: Prologue. N. ROWE.
None think the great unhappy, but the great.
Love of Fame, Satire I. DR. E. YOUNG.
My pride fell with my fortunes.
As You Like It, Act i. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.
We have seen better days.
Timon of Athens, Act iv. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.