You cannot tell whether a person is good or bad by his vicissitudes in life. Good and bad fortune are matters of fate.
Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.63, Bottom of the Hill
