Fortune

Famous quotes containing the word fortune:

“Who does not see that I have taken a road along which I shall go, without stopping and without effort, as long as there is ink and paper in the world? I cannot keep a record of my life by my actions; fortune places them too low. I keep it by my thoughts.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

“Cease to ask what the morrow will hold and count as gain each day that Fortune grants.”
—Horace [Quintus Horatius Flaccus] (65–8 B.C.)

“Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.”
—Silius Italicus (26–101)