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Fortune and love favor the brave.
Fortune and love favor the brave.
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.
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.]
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.
Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.
Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.
To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals.
To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals.
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.]
Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.
Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
