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

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

Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.

Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.

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.

Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.

Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.

Deals under a hundred mil are for shoe clerks.

Deals under a hundred mil are for shoe clerks.

Fortune and love favor the brave.

Fortune and love favor the brave.

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.

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.