True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest he who knows just when to rise and go home

Quote by John Ray

Topics: Luck Quotes

Guilt is always jealous

Guilt is always jealous

Hell is paved with good intentions

Hell is paved with good intentions

The honester the man, the worse luck

The honester the man, the worse luck

Industry is fortune's right hand, and frugality its left.

Industry is fortune's right hand, and frugality its left.

In a thousand pounds of law there is not an ounce of love.

In a thousand pounds of law there is not an ounce of love.

Good words cool more than cold water.

Good words cool more than cold water.

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.

Diseases are the tax on pleasures.

Diseases are the tax on pleasures.

Misery loves company.

Misery loves company.

Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you...

Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you...

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.

He that preaches war is the devil's chaplain

He that preaches war is the devil's chaplain

Lean liberty is better than fat slavery

Lean liberty is better than fat slavery

Never meet trouble half-way.

Never meet trouble half-way.

Nothing is invented and perfected at the same time.

Nothing is invented and perfected at the same time.

Algebra is the metaphysics of arithmetic.

Algebra is the metaphysics of arithmetic.

Metaphysics is a restaurant where they give you a thirty thousand page menu, and no...

Metaphysics is a restaurant where they give you a thirty thousand page menu, and no...

Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next...

Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next...

I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam: I looked into...

I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam: I looked into...

He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion,...

He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion,...