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Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.

Fortune and love favor the brave.

Fortune and love favor the brave.

When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown.

When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown.

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to
destruction.
[Lat., Eheu! quam brevibus pereunt ingentia fatis.]

Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to
destruction.
[Lat., Eheu! quam brevibus pereunt ingentia fatis.]

Neuer thinke you fortune can beare the sway,
Where Virtue's force, can cause her to obay.

Neuer thinke you fortune can beare the sway,
Where Virtue's force, can cause her to obay.

Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.

Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

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.