Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
美德确如名贵的香料,焚烧或碾碎时最为芬芳:顺境最能显露恶习,逆境最能彰显美德。
— Francis Bacon · Essays (1625) · Of Adversity —