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Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.
Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.
Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.
Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.
Any one who is prosperous may by the turn of fortune's wheel
become most wretched before evening.
[Lat., read more
Any one who is prosperous may by the turn of fortune's wheel
become most wretched before evening.
[Lat., Quivis beatus, versa rota fortunae, ante vesperum potest
esse miserrimus.]
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a
goodly heritage.
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a
goodly heritage.
Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.
Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.
To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals.
To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals.
Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.
Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.
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.
Deals under a hundred mil are for shoe clerks.
Deals under a hundred mil are for shoe clerks.
