Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away. – Charles V Category: Fortune
When the tide of misfortune moves over you, even jelly will break your teeth – Proverb Category: Fortune
There is no greater misfortune, than to not be able to endure misfortune. – Proverb Category: Fortune
There is something in the misfortune of our best friends which does not displease us. – Proverb Category: Fortune
It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to. – Fannie Hurst Category: Cynicism
Treat each person as if their heart was breaking. More often than not, you will be right. – David Weedmark Category: Kindness
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. – Francis Bacon, Essays, 1625 Category: Graduation
I had passed through the entire British education system studying literature, culminating in three years of reading English at Oxford, and theyd never told me about something as basic as the importance of point of view in fiction! – Philip Pullman Category: Education
