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.

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

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

God, grant me the Senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the read more

God, grant me the Senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference

Fortune and love favor the brave.

Fortune and love favor the brave.

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.

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.

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.

Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.