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.

It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, but is ruled read more

It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, but is ruled by prudence.

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

Any one who is prosperous may by the turn of fortune's wheel
become most wretched before evening.
[Lat., read more

Any one who is prosperous may by the turn of fortune's wheel
become most wretched before evening.
[Lat., Quivis beatus, versa rota fortunae, ante vesperum potest
esse miserrimus.]

Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.

Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.

Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in read more

Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and does not hear her.

Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.

Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.

Many things happen between the cup and the upper lip.
[Lat., Multa intersunt calicem et labrum summum.]

Many things happen between the cup and the upper lip.
[Lat., Multa intersunt calicem et labrum summum.]

Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long read more

Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.