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• If a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune
  for though she is blind, she is not invisible. -- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Of Fortune...
• A man who studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green. -- 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...
• Every man is the architect of his own fortune. [Faber est suae quisquae fortunae.] -- Sallustiu
• Man is his own star; and that soul that can Be honest is the only perfect man.
  -- John Fletcher (1576-1625) -- Upon an "Honest Man's Fortune...
• He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune
  for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief....
• It is a good point of cunning for a man to shape the answer he would have in his own words and propositions, for it makes the other party stick the less.
  -- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Of Cunning...
• Let us not say, Every man is the architect of his own fortune
  but let us say, Every man is the architect of his own character. -- George Dana Boardma...
• The Corners of the Mouth. Perseverance brings good fortune.
  Pay heed to the providing of nourishment. And to what a man seeks To fill his own mouth with....