anxiety,--all this rust of life, ought to be scoured off
by the oil of mirth. It is better than emery. Every man ought to rub
himself with it. A man without mirth is like a wagon without springs,
in which one is caused disagreeably to jolt by every pebble over which
it runs.--BEECHER.

MISFORTUNE.--The diamond of character is revealed by the concussion of
misfortune, as the splendor of the precious jewel of the mine is
developed by the blows of the lapidary.--F.A. DURIVAGE.

A soul exasperated in ills, falls out
With everything, its friend, itself.
--ADDISON.

We have all of us sufficient fortitude to bear the misfortunes of
others.--LA ROCHEFOUCAULD.

The good man, even though overwhelmed by misfortune, loses never his
inborn greatness of soul. Camphor-wood burnt in the fire becomes all
the more fragrant.--SATAKA.

Who hath not known ill-fortune, never knew
Himself, or his own virtue.
--MALLET.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds
rise above it.--WASHINGTON IRVING.

Misfortunes are, in morals, what bitters are in medicine: each is at
first disagreeable; but as the bitters act as corroborants to the
stomach, so adversity chastens and ameliorates the disposition.--FROM
THE FRENCH.

When one is past, another care we have;
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
--HERRICK.

The greatest misfortune of all is not to be able to bear misfortune.
--BIAS.

I believe, indeed, that it is more laudable to suffer great
misfortunes than to do great things.--STANISLAUS.

Our bravest lessons are not learned through success, but misadventure.
--ALCOTT.

The less we parade our misfortunes the more sympathy we command.
--ORVILLE DEWEY.

It is a celebrated thought of Socrates, that if all the misfortunes of
mankind were cast into a public stock, in order to be equally
distributed among the whole species, those who now think themselves
the most unhappy would prefer the share they are already possessed of,
before that which would fall to them by such a division.--ADDISON.

We should learn, by reflecting on the misfortunes which have attended
others, that there is nothing singular in those which befall ourselves.
--MELMOTH.

Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our
friends upon them.--COLTON.

MOB.--The mob has nothing to lose, everything to gain.--GOETHE.