Good when He gives, supremely good;
Nor less when He denies:
Afflictions, from His sovereign hand,
Are blessings in disguise.
Brother Lawrence (c.1605-1691), attributed, The Practice of the Presence of God, New York, Revell, 1895, p. 4

At the moment it seems quite effectively disguised.- Winston Churchill to his wife, 26 July 1945; she had suggested his election defeat might be a blessing in disguise.