Adversity

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power

By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I mean

Adversity draws men together and produces beauty and harmony in life's relationships, just as the cold of winter produces ice-flowers on the window-panes, which vanish with the warmth

A prosperous state makes a secure Christian, but adversity makes him consider.

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome