When Americans find out I grew up in the tenements, the question they invariably ask me is “how did you end up there?” Americans, it seems, find comfort in reasons and explanations. They honestly believe that if they can find the reason for someo...
So, Mr. Mandrake, what is it you plan to do with me this evening?” I asked haughtily. “I presume,” he said, playing along, “that I will start with feeding you proper and then proceed with more…pestiferous acts.” I smiled through the confu...
It may be whispered to those uninitiated people who are anxious to know the habits and make the acquaintance of men of letters, that there are no race of people who talk about books, or, perhaps, who read books, so little as literary men.
Nobody is impervious to misfortune.
Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza.
This great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude.
A man endures misfortune without complaint.
The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.
Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.
History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.
The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.
Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune.
Heavy misfortunes have befallen us, but let us only cling closer to what remains, and transfer our love for those whom we have lost to those who yet live. Our circle will be small, but bound close by the ties of affection and mutual misfortune. And w...
For all of my fortune, there are many with misfortune that need a hand.
Unless some misfortune has made it impossible, everyone can have good posture.
Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.
In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
A disruptor finds opportunity and profit from his misfortunes.
We are all strong enough to bear other men's misfortunes.
