Fortune

Famous quotes containing the word fortune:

    My fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing suicide, and, altogether beyond his hopes, meet with the good hap to be murdered.
    Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864)

    Building up a family’s fortune is like moving earth with a needle, but losing a family’s fortune can be as swift as a boat rushing downstream with the current.
    Chinese proverb.

    I thank my fortune for it,
    My ventures are not in one bottom trusted,
    Nor to one place.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)