Two sources of success are known: wisdom and effort; make them both thine own, if thou wouldst haply rise.
Māgha.
184.
The worse the ill that fate on noble souls
Inflicts, the more their firmness; and they arm
Their spirits with adamant to meet the blow.
Hindu Drama.
185.
Opportunities lose not, for all delay is madness;
’Mid bitter sorrow patience show, for ’tis the key of gladness.