We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

The good things which belong to prosperity are to be wished, but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune. [Lat., Ecce spectaculum dignum, ad quod respiciat intentus operi suo Deus. Ecce par Deo dignum, vir fortis cum mala fortuna compositus.]

Great men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war. [Lat., Gaudent magni viri rebus adversis non aliter, quam fortes milites bellis.]