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
first survey the plot, then draw the model;
And when we see the figure of the house,
Then must we rate the cost of the erection :
Which if we find outweighs ability,

What do we then, but draw anew the model
In fewer offices; or, at least, desist

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;
Consent upon a sure foundation;

Question surveyors; know our own estate,
How able such a work to undergo,
To weigh against his opposite; or else,
We fortify in paper, and in figures,
Using the names of men instead of men :

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,
And waste for churlish winter's tyranny.

FORTUNE.

King Henry IV. Part II. Act I. Scene III.
SHAKSPERE.

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,
My mind exceeds the compass of her wheel.
King Henry VI. Part III. Act IV. Scene III.
SHAKSPERE.

'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,
While still the Fates the web of Misery weave;
So Hope exultant spreads her aëry sail,

And from the present gloom the soul conveys
To distant summers and far happier days.

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.
LORD BYRON.

Oh servile offspring of the free-
Pronounce what sea, what shore is this
The gulf, the rock of Salamis !

These scenes, their story not unknown,
Arise, and make again your own;
Snatch from the ashes of your sires
The embers of their former fires;
And he who in the strife expires

Will add to theirs a name of fear,
That Tyranny shall quake to hear,
And leave his sons a hope, a fame,
They too will rather die than shame :
For Freedom's battle once begun,
Bequeath'd by bleeding Sire to Son,
Though baffled oft is ever won.

The Giaour, Line 111.-LORD BYRON.

FREEDOM'S SONS.

There yet survive a few,

Whose deeds are daring, as their hearts are true.
The Corsair, Canto III. Verse IV.-LORD BYRON.

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