Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
Calamity is man's true touchstone.
Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.
Calamity is the test of integrity.
Calamity is virtue's opportunity.
Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience. You will find it a calamity.
Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint.
He who foresees calamities, suffers them twice over.
It is only from the belief of the goodness and wisdom of a supreme being, that our calamities can be borne in the manner which becomes a man.