“Fortune sides with him who dares”
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“Fortune sides with him who dares”
“I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident”
“It is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three benefits: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the wisdom never to use either.”
“My pride fell with my fortunes”
“If you want happiness for an hour -- take a nap. If you want happiness for a day -- go fishing. If you want happiness for a year -- inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime -- help someone else. ”
“Fortune doesn't change a man, it only unmasks him.”
“Which death is preferably to every other? – The unexpected”
“What ought to be done to the man who invented the celebrating of anniversaries? Mere killing would be too light”
“Don’t count the chickens before they are hatched”
“One man's meat is another man's poison”
“Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness ”
“Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails ”
“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.”
“Diligence is the mother of good fortune”
“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens”
“We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones”
“Fortune and love favor the brave”
“Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love ”
“One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines”
“You can never plan the future by the past”