Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by.

——Frost's "The Road Not Taken"

Misfortune roams on the same road, sometimes befalling this person and sometimes another person.

——Aeschylus "Prometheus Bound"

Suffering is like a dark cloud. From a distance, you can only see ink black, but when you are under it, it is just gray. That’s all.

——Richter's "Chang Geng Star"

Luck is not without fear and trouble; misfortune is not without comfort and hope.

——Bacon's "On Misfortune"

Misfortune may become a bridge to happiness.

——Japanese proverb

Disaster is a person’s true touchstone.

——Beaumont and Fletcher, "The Triumph of Honor"

Suffering tempers some people and destroys others.

——Fuller's "Wise Words"

Fire tests gold, and adversity tests the strong.

——Seneca's "On Providence"