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• Chiefly the mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
  -- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Of Fortune...
• He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune
  for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief....
• She is the treasure of the house. Great good fortune.
• Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconvenience
  whence it is bad in council though good in execution. -- Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)...
• Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.
  -- Francis Baco...
• He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead, for she is wont to favor the bold.
  -- Baltasar Gracia...
• Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true. -- Francis Baco
• She should not follow her whims. She must attend within to the food.
  Perseverance brings good fortune....
• Fortune is a great deceiver. She sells very dear the things she seems to give us. Vincent Voiture