It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence. – John Dryden Category: Fortune
Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life. – Epicurus Category: Fortune
How would you like a job where, every time you make a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo? – Jacques Plante Category: Hockey
The whole of nature, as has been said, is a conjugation of the verb to eat, in the active and in the passive. – William Ralph Inge Category: Eating
There was a time when the reader of an unexciting newspaper would remark, How dull is the world today! Nowadays he says, What a dull newspaper! – Daniel J. Boorstin Category: Media
