Circumstances alter cases.

Circumstances alter cases.

Man is the creature of circumstances.

Man is the creature of circumstances.

The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.

The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.

And grasps the skirts of happy chance,
And breasts the blows of circumstance.

And grasps the skirts of happy chance,
And breasts the blows of circumstance.

Accidental and fortuitous concourse of atoms.

Accidental and fortuitous concourse of atoms.

So runs the round of life from hour to hour.

So runs the round of life from hour to hour.

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.]

This fearful concatenation of circumstances.

This fearful concatenation of circumstances.

I am the very slave of circumstance
And impulse--borne away with every breath.

I am the very slave of circumstance
And impulse--borne away with every breath.