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| A man’s part is to bear misfortunes lightly. Antiphanes. | 1 |
| A misfortune and a friar are seldom alone. | 2 |
| Another’s misfortune does not cure my pain. Portuguese. | 3 |
| Another’s misfortune is only a dream. French. | 4 |
| Blessed is the misfortune that comes alone. Italian. | 5 |
| Do not yield to misfortunes. Latin. | 6 |
He who is born to misfortune stumbles as he goes,
And though he fall on his back will fracture his nose. German. | 7 |
| He who is the cause of his own misfortune may bewail it himself. Italian. | 8 |
| I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortune perfectly like a Christian. Pope. | 9 |
| It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortunes. Danish. | 10 |
| It is better to forget one’s misfortunes than to talk about them. French. | 11 |
| It is good to see in the misfortunes of others what we should avoid. Publius Syrus. | 12 |
| Misfortune does not always come to injure. Italian. | 13 |
| Misfortune is a good teacher. German. | 14 |
| Misfortune is good for something. French. | 15 |
| Misfortune is often the daughter of a good mother. German. | 16 |
| Misfortunes are close to one another. Latin. | 17 |
| Misfortunes are common to all; life is like a wheel, and prosperity unstable. Phocylides. | 18 |
| Misfortunes come by forties. | 19 |
| Misfortunes come on horseback, and go away on foot. French. | 20 |
| Misfortunes come on wings and depart on foot. | 21 |
| Misfortunes come unbidden. German. | 22 |
| Misfortunes make us wise. | 23 |
| Misfortunes make strange bedfellows. | 24 |
| Misfortunes come at night, i.e., when least expected. Grimm’s Fairy Tales. | 25 |
| Misfortunes often sharpen the genius. Ovid. | 26 |
| Misfortunes seldom assault a man singly, but assault him in troops whom fate has marked out for ruin. Turkish Spy. | 27 |
| Misfortunes seldom come alone. | 28 |
| Misfortunes tell us what fortune is. | 29 |
| Misfortunes that can’t be avoided must be sweetened. | 30 |
| Misfortunes to which we are used affect us less severely. Juvenal. | 31 |
| Misfortunes when asleep are not to be wakened. | 32 |
| Misfortune will one day find him whom it has until then passed by. Publius Syrus. | 33 |
| Misfortunes, wood, and hair, grow throughout the year. | 34 |
| Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them. | 35 |
| One has always strength enough to bear the misfortunes of one’s friends. French. | 36 |
| One misfortune brings on another. Portuguese, Dutch. | 37 |
| One misfortune calls another. | 38 |
| One misfortune is the eve of another. | 39 |
| Our worst misfortunes are those that never befall us. | 40 |
| That is good misfortune which comes alone. | 41 |
| The misfortunes to which we are accustomed affect us less deeply. Latin. | 42 |
| There is no greater misfortune than not to be able to bear misfortune. Latin. | 43 |
| There is nothing we forget sooner than past misfortunes. French. | 44 |
| To the wicked misfortunes come triple. Modern Greek. | 45 |
| Welcome misfortune if thou comest alone. Spanish. | 46 |
| When misfortune sleeps let no one wake her. Spanish. | 47 |
| When misfortune befalls injuries follow. French. | 48 |
| Whither goest thou, misfortune? to where there is more? Spanish, Danish. | 49 |
| Who has no misfortune is fortunate enough. German. | 50 |
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