Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.

Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes.

Adversity makes men remember God

Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.

Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself. [Lat., Ipsa se fraus, etiamsi initio cautior fuerit, detegit.]

Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely dread. [Lat., Graviora quae patiantur videntur jam hominibus quam quae metuant.]