He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.
I am above being injured by fortune, though she steals away much, more will remain with me. The blessing I now enjoy transcend fear.
I do have big tits. Always had 'em — pushed 'em up, whacked 'em around. Why not make fun of 'em? I've made a fortune with 'em.
If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.
In bad fortune hold out, in good hold in.
It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence.
Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor.
Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
One's best fortune, or, their worst is their spouse.
Only learn to seize good fortune, for good fortune's always here.
Speedy exception is the mother of good fortune.
There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound by shallows and in misery. [Julius Caesar]
There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.
Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible.
We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.
Your fortune is not something to find but to unfold.
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