Deals under a hundred mil are for shoe clerks.

Deals under a hundred mil are for shoe clerks.

Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to
destruction.
[Lat., Eheu! quam brevibus pereunt ingentia fatis.]

Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to
destruction.
[Lat., Eheu! quam brevibus pereunt ingentia fatis.]

Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.

Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of read more

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.

Ill fortune seldom comes alone.

Ill fortune seldom comes alone.

Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.

Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.

Fortune, the great commandress of the world,
Hath divers ways to advance her followers:
To some she read more

Fortune, the great commandress of the world,
Hath divers ways to advance her followers:
To some she gives honor without deserving;
To other some, deserving without honor;
Some wit, some wealth,--and some, wit without wealth;
Some wealth without wit; some nor wit nor wealth.

That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

Many things happen between the cup and the upper lip.
[Lat., Multa intersunt calicem et labrum summum.]

Many things happen between the cup and the upper lip.
[Lat., Multa intersunt calicem et labrum summum.]