We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.

What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them?

It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.

Resignation is the timid sign of courage

I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.

It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.