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Ill fortune seldom comes alone.
Ill fortune seldom comes alone.
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.
When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown.
When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown.
I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can read more
I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
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.
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.
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, 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!--