Surprises, like misfortunes, seldom come alone.

Misfortunes seldom come singly

— Hashem Shatila

“Misfortunes seldom come alone.”

— Daniel Defoe

Surprises are like misfortunes or herrings - they rarely come single.

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

And the little prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter, which irritated me very much. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously.

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Happiness, like misfortunes, never comes alone.

— Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne

Temptations, like misfortunes, are sent to test our moral strength.

— Margaret of Valois

One of the rummy things about Jeeves is that, unless you watch like a hawk, you very seldom see him come into a room.

— P. G. Wodehouse

Opportunity seldom come along and knock you on the Head.

— Jon Jones

Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition to love.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Very seldom do you come upon a space, a time like this, between act and act, when you may stop and simply be.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world.

— Charles Dickens

Reflect upon your present blessings

— Charles Dickens

Well, it's true that I've never been solitary, although I spend a lot of time alone. I've never felt lonely or been shy.

— Richard E. Grant

Who's this—alone with stone and sky? It's only my old dog and I— It's only him; it's only me; Alone with stone and grass…

— Siegfried Sassoon

Because ALWAYS, even in the darkest moments, in moments of sin, in moments of weakness, in moments of failure, I have seen Jesus, and…

— Pope Francis