“To retrieve the ill consequences of a foolish conduct, and by struggling manfully with distress to subdue it, is one of the noblest efforts of wisdom and virtue. Whoever, therefore, calls such a man fortunate, is guilty of no less impropriety in speech than he would be who should call the statuary or the poet fortunate who carved a Venus or who writ an Iliad.” FortuneOvercoming AdversityOvercoming QuotesMisfortuneFortune QuotesMisfortune QuotesFortune Favors The BoldFortune Favors The Privileged Author:Henry Fielding
“I know that Fortune favors only those who hold the power or are privileged. My plan is to seize my share from the world.” FortuneFortune Favors The PrivilegedFortune Favors The PowerfulSeize My Share Book:The Thugs & a Courtesan Source: The Thugs & a Courtesan