FORTITUDE

Misfortune can but afflict the body; the mind can rise above it and frustrate it.

He who does not allow a craving for pleasure to grow in him, and who understands that it is the lot of man to meet with trouble, will not feel it difficult to face misfortune.

If when enjoying good fortune, you keep your mind free from excitement, you will be proof against grief in misfortune.

Those who do not grieve over difficulties, thereby make them innocuous. By not yielding to grief, misfortune can be overcome. Not to lose oneself in joy over good fortune is the means whereby strength is acquired to face misfortune. 

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