“Stilpo having escaped the burning of his city, in which he had lost wife, children, and property, Demetrius Poliorcetes, seeing him unperturbed in expression amid the great ruin of his country, asked him if he had not suffered loss. He replied No, that thanks to God he had lost nothing of his own.” — Montaigne

“In general, the greatest reverses of fortune are the most easily borne from a sort of dignity belonging to them.” — Hazlitt

“It is easier to sacrifice great than little things.” — Montaigne