With wavering steps does ...

With wavering steps does fickle fortune stray,
Nowhere she finds a firm and fixed abode;
But now all smiles, and now again all frowns,
She\'s constant only in inconstancy.
With wavering steps does fickle fortune stray, Nowhere she finds a firm and fixed abode; But now all smiles, and now again all frowns, She's constant only in inconstancy.

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All things change; nothing perishes.
The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all.
The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another's little lapses.
Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.
Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.