Fortune

Famous quotes containing the word fortune:

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

“Rare is the virtue that’s not ruled by Fortune,
That stands unshaken even when Fortune flees.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

“Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly; and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)