On Calamity

“For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause; there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life” - Shakespeare

“Often it takes some calamity to make us live in the present. Then suddenly we wake up and see all the mistakes we have made.” - Bill Watterson

“It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer” - Aeschylus

“Calamity is virtue's opportunity” - Seneca