Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it.

A more extensive statement not found as such in this work is attributed to Irving in Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book (1923) edited by Roycroft Shop | Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. | The first part of this statement is quoted without attribution as early as 1897, and is widely attributed to Irving separately as well as in this joined form, but in research for Wikiquote, no original source has yet been found.