“They've taken my place; they've taken my money; they've taken my mistress! What have I left?”— Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
“For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of misfortune is to have been happy.”— Boethius
“How often, from the most promising beginnings, have we seen the most unfortunate events!”— Sarah Fielding
“The cup of our misfortunes was not yet full, but was overflowing with a drop or two.”— Boyle Roche
“Single misfortunes never come alone, and the greatest of all possible misfortunes is generally followed by a much greater.”— Boyle Roche