प्रायः कन्दुकपातेनोत्पतत्यार्यः पतन्नपि।

तथा पतन्ननार्यस्तु मृत्पिण्डपतनम् यथा॥

भर्तृहरेः नीतिशतके॥

prāyaḥ kandukapātenotpatatyāryaḥ patannapi|

tathā patannanāryastu mṛtpiṇḍapatanam yathā||

bhartṛhareḥ nītiśatake||

From Bhartruhari's Neetishatakam

A noble and cultured person, even if a fall in fortunes happens to him, would bounce back to normal heights like a ball thrown down.

 But an evil and uncultured fellow, when a fall occurs to him , just settles down like a wet lump of clay falling from a height..never to rise again..

For good people setbacks in life are just prefaces to rise to greater heights..