It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence.

Quote by John Dryden

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For, Heaven be thank'd, we live in such an age, when no man dies for...

For, Heaven be thank'd, we live in such an age, when no man dies for...

All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars...

All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars...

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; And every little absence is an...

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; And every little absence is an...

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times...

There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times...

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

All heiresses are beautiful.

All heiresses are beautiful.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she...

So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she...

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor...

When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor...

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from...

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from...