Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.

Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.

Chance generally favors the prudent.

Chance generally favors the prudent.

They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a
greater fall.
[Lat., Tolluntur read more

They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a
greater fall.
[Lat., Tolluntur in altum
Ut lapsu gaviore ruant.]

Many things happen between the cup and the lip.

Many things happen between the cup and the lip.

Each man is the architect of his own fate.

Each man is the architect of his own fate.

Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.

Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.

To bear is to conquer our fate.

To bear is to conquer our fate.

'Tis Fate that flings the dice,
And as she flings
Of kings makes peasants,
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'Tis Fate that flings the dice,
And as she flings
Of kings makes peasants,
And of peasants kings.

All human things are subject to decay,
And when fate summons, monarchs must obey.

All human things are subject to decay,
And when fate summons, monarchs must obey.