FOOLS. A fool has not stuff enough to make a good man. Maxims, CXCVIII.-ROCHEFOUCAULT. FOOLS. Old Old fools are more foolish than young ones. Maxims, CLII.-ROCHEFOUCAULT. FORETHOUGHT. When we mean to build, We What do we then, but draw anew the model To build at all? Much more in this great work (Which is, almost, to pluck a kingdom down, And set another up), should we survey The plot of situation, and the model; Question surveyors; know our own estate, Like one that draws the model of a house Beyond his power to build it; who, half through, Gives o'er, and leaves his part created cost A naked subject to the weeping clouds, FORTUNE. King Henry IV. Part II. Act I. Scene III. Dame Fortune, like most others of the female sex, is generally most indulgent to the nimble-mettled blockheads; men of wit are not for her turn; ever too thoughtful when they should be active. The Cheats of Scapin, Act III. Scene 1.-T. OTWAY. What dost thou mean by fortune? If mere chance, then to envy the lot of others, or murmur at thy own is folly; if providence, then it is impiety; for whatever goodness, guided by unerring wisdom, doth, must be so well done that it cannot be mended; and whatever is merely in the power of a blind, giddy, and inconstant humour (which is the notion by which men choose to express fortune), can neither be prevented, fixed, or regulated. Inquiry after Happiness.-Rev. RICHARD LUCAS, D.D. FORTUNE. The way of The way of Fortune is like the milky way in the sky; which is a meeting, or knot, of a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so are there a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate. Essay on Fortune.-LORD BACON. It cannot be denied, but outward accidents conduce much to fortune; favour, opportunity, death of others, occasion fitting virtue : but chiefly, the mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands, saith the poet. Essay on Fortune.-LORD BACON. FORTUNE. The mind superior to Though fortune's malice overthrow my state, 'Twas fortune made me a soldier, a rogue in red, the grievance of the nation; fortune made the peace just when we were upon the brink of a war; then fortune disbanded us, and lost us two months' pay; fortune gave us debentures instead of ready money, and by very good fortune I sold mine, and lost heartily by it, in hopes the grinding ill-natured dog that bought it will never get a shilling for 't. The Soldiers' Fortune, Act 1. Scene I.-T. OTWAY. FORTUNE and PROVIDENCE. Let me not now be such a fool as to pay my thanks to blind Fortune for a favour which the eye of Providence hath bestowed upon me. Personal Meditations, I.-THOS. FULLER. FORTUNE not to be trusted. I have too long th' effects of fortune known, Either to trust her smiles, or fear her frown. The Conquest of Granada, Part 1. Act IV. Scene I.-DRYDEN. FORTUNE, MISERY, and HOPE. So, to us, sojourners in life's low vale, The smiles of Fortune flatter to deceive, And from the present gloom the soul conveys To April.-H. K. WHITE. FREEDOM. How to acquire Know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow! By their right arms the conquest must be wrought? Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto II. Verse LXXVI. Oh servile offspring of the free- These scenes, their story not unknown, Will add to theirs a name of fear, The Giaour, Line 111.-LORD BYRON. FREEDOM'S SONS. There yet survive a few, Whose deeds are daring, as their hearts are true. FRIEND. The best A good man is the best friend, and therefore soonest to be chosen, longer to be retained; and indeed never to be parted with, unless he cease to be that for which he was chosen. Sermon, by JEREMY TAYLOR. FRIENDS. Loss of We sometimes lose friends whom we regret more than we grieve for; and others for whom we grieve, yet do not regret. FRIENDS. Maxims, XXVI.-ROCHEFOUCAULT. How to keep He is sure of making enemies who will not be at the cost of rewarding his friends and servants; and, by letting his people see he loves them not, instructs them |