Adrastea, who is also called Nemesis, the avenger of wicked and the rewarder of good deeds, is continually bringing to pass: would that...

We have told several stories about the fickleness of Fortune, but very few stories can be told about her being consistently well...

There is a very well-worn form of consolation which we should always have on our lips and in our minds. We must remember that we are but...

Speaking of the common life of men Demosthenes declares that the greatest of all blessing is good fortune, and that next comes good...

For though all persons are equally subject to the caprice of fortune, yet all good men have one advantage she cannot deny, which is this,...

For as wrestlers, who have thoroughly trained and disciplined their bodies, in time tire down and exhaust the most agile and most skilful...

Villeneuve left this anchorage about August 12th, when he had 34 vessels, counting those of Lallemande. Left master of the sea he could...

Our general, having business to transact with the Director Carnot, a former member of the Convention, at that time Minister of War,...

But if thou feelest thyself to be a man, and a ruler of men, lay this first to heart, that there is a wheel on which the affairs of men revolve, and that its movement forbids the same man to be always fortunate.

“We want great men who, when fortune frowns, will not be discouraged.” - Col. Henry Knox

Bion on Money: