We all ov us beleave that we are the espeshall favourites ov fortune, but fortune don’t beleave enny sutch thing.
 
[We all of us believe that we are the especial favorites of fortune, but fortune don’t believe any such thing.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Trump Kards, ch. 8 “Lager Beer and Spruce Gum” (1874)
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