So runs the round of life from hour to hour.

So runs the round of life from hour to hour.

Circumstances alter cases.

Circumstances alter cases.

The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.

The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.

Circumstances beyond my individual control.

Circumstances beyond my individual control.

And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself
to circumstances.
[Lat., Et mihi res, non read more

And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself
to circumstances.
[Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]

The circumstances of others seem good to us, while ours seem good
to others.
[Lat., Aliena nobis, nostra read more

The circumstances of others seem good to us, while ours seem good
to others.
[Lat., Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent.]

Odd instances of strange coincidence.

Odd instances of strange coincidence.

Thus neither the praise nor the blame is our own.

Thus neither the praise nor the blame is our own.

Man is the creature of circumstances.

Man is the creature of circumstances.