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 Fortunate has more power over a man than his own forethought.

When fortune flatters, she does it to betray.

When the edifice of our Fortune is but slightly fractured, a chasm opens through the whole.

Fortune makes many loans, but gives no presents.

Fortune is like glass; the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.

The great gifts of Fortune are waited on by fear.

It is more easy to get a favor from Fortune, than to keep it.

His own character is the arbiter of every one's fortune.

It is a fraud to receive the trust which you cannot return.

Put a bridle on your tongue, but at all hazards on your baser members.

With but few, is a repetition of punishment remedial.

Frugality is poverty disguised with a good name.

Vain are his prayers who cannot grant a prayer.

An over-taxed patience gives way to fierce anger.