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.

A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.

A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.

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.

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

That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in
his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune read more

That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in
his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune hath
somewhat the nature of a woman, that if she be too much wooed she
is the farther off."

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.

Just for a handful of silver he left us,
Just for a ribbon to stick in his coat;
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Just for a handful of silver he left us,
Just for a ribbon to stick in his coat;
Found the one gift of which Fortune bereft us,
Lost all the others she lets us devote.