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Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.
Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.
Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.
Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.
How fading are the joys we dote upon!
Like apparitions seen and gone;
But those which soonest read more
How fading are the joys we dote upon!
Like apparitions seen and gone;
But those which soonest take their flight
Are the most exquisite and strong;
Like angel's visits short and bright,
Mortality's too weak to bear them long.
It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.
It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.
Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children.
Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children.
And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep.
And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep.
Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the
proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in read more
Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the
proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a
common grave.
The joy late coming late departs.
The joy late coming late departs.
