[167:1] Of similar meaning, "Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought." See Shakespeare, page [90].
[167:2] Every man is the architect of his own fortune.—Pseudo-Sallust: Epist. de Rep. Ordin. ii. 1.
His own character is the arbiter of every one's fortune.—Publius Syrus: Maxim 283.
[167:3] Fortune is painted blind, with a muffler afore her eyes, to signify to you that Fortune is blind.—Shakespeare: Henry V. act iii. sc. 6.
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
Cowley: The Garden, Essay v.
God made the country, and man made the town.
Cowper: The Task, book i. line 749.
Divina natura dedit agros, ars humana ædificavit urbes (Divine Nature gave the fields, human art built the cities).—Varro: De Re Rustica, iii. 1.