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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.
 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!-- 
We ought to give thanks for all fortune: it is is good, because it is good, if bad, because it read more
We ought to give thanks for all fortune: it is is good, because it is good, if bad, because it works in us patience, humility and the contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country
To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals.
To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals.
 Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune,
 He had not the method of making a fortune.  
 Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune,
 He had not the method of making a fortune. 
 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. 
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.