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
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
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Category: Fortune
A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and in the air above, and similarly a work of art is the product of strange activities in the human mind. – Clive Bell Category: Art
What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and viscera. – Aldous Huxley Category: Body