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Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune read more
Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.
Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.
Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.
It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life.
[Lat., Vitam regit fortuna, non sapientia.]
It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life.
[Lat., Vitam regit fortuna, non sapientia.]
Neuer thinke you fortune can beare the sway,
Where Virtue's force, can cause her to obay.
Neuer thinke you fortune can beare the sway,
Where Virtue's force, can cause her to obay.
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.
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fors juvat audentes.]
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fors juvat audentes.]
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
Deals under a hundred mil are for shoe clerks.
Deals under a hundred mil are for shoe clerks.
