“Fortune is said to be blind, but her favorites never are. Ambition has the eye of the eagle, prudence that of the lynx; the first looks through the air, the last along the ground.” FirstsLooksSaidEyeLastsAirAmbitionBlindFortuneProsperityPrudenceEagles Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“The first years of man must make provision for the last.” MenYearsFirstsLastsPrudenceProvision Book:Rasselas, prince of Abyssinia Source: Rasselas, prince of Abyssinia