“Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.”
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That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.
Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived.
Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.
Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains.