“May you live happy, you whose Woes are done.
Stern Fates, to Fates more cruel, us constrain.”

“Fate, at first so amenable, so reasonable, so open to negotiation, ends up by exacting a cruel revenge for happiness.”

“You may think, passer-by, that Fate
Is a pit-fall outside of yourself,
Around which you may walk by the use of foresight
And wisdom.”

“There's nothing happy about having your fate decided for you! You have to grab your own happiness!”

“Don't waste the breath to save your face, When you have done your best, And even more is asked of you, Let fate decide the rest.”

“Cruel blows of fate call for extreme kindness in the family circle.”

“measureless our pure living complete love
whose doom is beauty and its fate to grow”

“I tried very hard. But I can't help it. The Fates are cruel. They sent you to me, my brave one, knowing that you would break my heart.”

“If you're too happy about anything, fate usually gives you a good sock in the jaw and knocks you down.”

“Well, these sad and hopeless obstacles are welcome in one sense, for they enable us to look with indifference upon the cruel satires that Fate loves to indulge in.”