Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.

Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of read more

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.

Every individual is the architect of his own fortune.

Every individual is the architect of his own fortune.

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in
his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune read more

That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in
his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune hath
somewhat the nature of a woman, that if she be too much wooed she
is the farther off."

Ill fortune seldom comes alone.

Ill fortune seldom comes alone.

Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the
proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in read more

Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the
proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a
common grave.

Fortune and love favor the brave.

Fortune and love favor the brave.

Fortune is a great deceiver. She sells very dear the things she seems to give us.

Fortune is a great deceiver. She sells very dear the things she seems to give us.