Ill fortune seldom comes alone.

Ill fortune seldom comes alone.

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

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

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.

Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.

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.]

Just for a handful of silver he left us,
Just for a ribbon to stick in his coat;
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Just for a handful of silver he left us,
Just for a ribbon to stick in his coat;
Found the one gift of which Fortune bereft us,
Lost all the others she lets us devote.

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want read more

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife

Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.

Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.