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Just for a handful of silver he left us,
Just for a ribbon to stick in his coat;
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Just for a handful of silver he left us,
Just for a ribbon to stick in his coat;
Found the one gift of which Fortune bereft us,
Lost all the others she lets us devote.
That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want read more
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife
Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.
Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.
Every individual is the architect of his own fortune.
Every individual is the architect of his own fortune.
You carry Caesar and Caesar's fortune.
[Lat., Caesarem vehis, Caesarisque fortunam.]
- Julius Caesar (Caius Julius read more
You carry Caesar and Caesar's fortune.
[Lat., Caesarem vehis, Caesarisque fortunam.]
- Julius Caesar (Caius Julius Caesar),
Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.
Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.
Ill fortune seldom comes alone.
Ill fortune seldom comes alone.
Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see
Fortune: for though she be blind, yet she read more
Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see
Fortune: for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible.
