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A farmer travelling with his load
Picked up a horseshoe on the road,
And nailed if fast read more
A farmer travelling with his load
Picked up a horseshoe on the road,
And nailed if fast to his barn door,
That luck might down upon him pour;
That every blessing known in life
Might crown his homestead and his wife,
And never any kind of harm
Descend upon his growing farm.
As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit read more
As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.
If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.
If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.
I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?
I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?
People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have.
People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have.
Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.
Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.
A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.
A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.
As good luck would have it, comes in one Mistress Page, gives
intelligence of Ford's approach, and in her read more
As good luck would have it, comes in one Mistress Page, gives
intelligence of Ford's approach, and in her invention, and Ford's
wife's distraction, they conveyed me into a buck-basket.
