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Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.
Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.
Every individual is the architect of his own fortune.
Every individual is the architect of his own fortune.
Many things happen between the cup and the upper lip.
[Lat., Multa intersunt calicem et labrum summum.]
Many things happen between the cup and the upper lip.
[Lat., Multa intersunt calicem et labrum summum.]
Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see
Fortune: for though she be blind, yet she read more
Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see
Fortune: for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible.
Fortune and love favor the brave.
Fortune and love favor the brave.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, but is ruled read more
It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, but is ruled by prudence.
Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.
Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.
Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
