The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
If you fight you might lose, if you don't you have already lost.
He who is still laughing is he who hasn't heard the terrible news.
What's a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.