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 Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to 
destruction.
 [Lat., Eheu! quam brevibus pereunt ingentia fatis.]  
 Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to 
destruction.
 [Lat., Eheu! quam brevibus pereunt ingentia fatis.] 
 If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not 
despond.
 [Lat., Si fortuna juvat, read more 
 If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not 
despond.
 [Lat., Si fortuna juvat, caveto tolli;
  Si fortuna tonat, caveto mergi.] 
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
Fortune and love favor the brave.
Fortune and love favor the brave.
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.
 Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune,
 He had not the method of making a fortune.  
 Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune,
 He had not the method of making a fortune. 
 You carry Caesar and Caesar's fortune.
 [Lat., Caesarem vehis, Caesarisque fortunam.]
   - Julius Caesar (Caius Julius read more 
 You carry Caesar and Caesar's fortune.
 [Lat., Caesarem vehis, Caesarisque fortunam.]
   - Julius Caesar (Caius Julius Caesar), 
To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals.
To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals.
Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.
Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.