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

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

And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep.

And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep.

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to read more

Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.

Fortune and love favor the brave.

Fortune and love favor the brave.

Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.

Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.

A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign read more

A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.

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.