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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!--
Many things happen between the cup and the upper lip.
[Lat., Multa intersunt calicem et labrum summum.]
Many things happen between the cup and the upper lip.
[Lat., Multa intersunt calicem et labrum summum.]
Fortune is a great deceiver. She sells very dear the things she seems to give us.
Fortune is a great deceiver. She sells very dear the things she seems to give us.
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.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want read more
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife
Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.
Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.
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.
Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.
Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.
Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to
destruction.
[Lat., Eheu! quam brevibus pereunt ingentia fatis.]
Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to
destruction.
[Lat., Eheu! quam brevibus pereunt ingentia fatis.]