This at least, if nothing else—to be prepared for every fortune.
“Virtue cannot dwell with wealth either in a city or in a house.”
“Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death…”
— William Shakespeare
“Those things that hurt, instruct.”
— Benjamin Franklin
“I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.”
— Louisa May Alcott