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Fortune, now see, now proudly
Pluck off thy veil, and view thy triumph; look,
Look what thou read more
Fortune, now see, now proudly
Pluck off thy veil, and view thy triumph; look,
Look what thou hast brought this land to!--
Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.
Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.
One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of read more
One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.
Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.
Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in read more
Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and does not hear her.
Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.
Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.
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
Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long read more
Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.
To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals.
To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals.