Deals under a hundred mil are for shoe clerks.

Deals under a hundred mil are for shoe clerks.

Let fortune empty her whole quiver on me.
I have a soul that, like an ample shield,
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Let fortune empty her whole quiver on me.
I have a soul that, like an ample shield,
Can take in all, and verge enough for more.

Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune,
He had not the method of making a fortune.

Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune,
He had not the method of making a fortune.

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

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

Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fors juvat audentes.]

Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fors juvat audentes.]

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

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

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.]

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.

We ought to give thanks for all fortune: it is is good, because it is good, if bad, because it read more

We ought to give thanks for all fortune: it is is good, because it is good, if bad, because it works in us patience, humility and the contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country