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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.
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.
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.
Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a read more
Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.
Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in read more
Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and does not hear her.
To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals.
To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals.
A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.
A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.
Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
