“Deep in the man sits fast his fate
To mould his fortunes, mean or great.”

“A man's fate is his own temper.”

“Each man has a breaking point, no matter how strong his spirit. Somewhere, deep inside him, there is a flaw that only the fickle cruelty of fate can find.”

“The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the son of his own works.”

“The minister is to be a live man, a real man, a true man, a simple man, great in his love, great in his life, great in his work, great in his simplicity, great in his gentleness.”

“The worth of a wife is a man’s good fortune;
His jewels are his good children.”

“Nature magically suits the man to his fortunes, by making these the fruit of his character.”

“Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love of reading.”

“The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.”

“Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him.”