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Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.
Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.
Deals under a hundred mil are for shoe clerks.
Deals under a hundred mil are for shoe clerks.
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.]
Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
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 attract good fortune, spend a new penny on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend read more
To attract good fortune, spend a new penny on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon.
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.
Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
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.