Fortune

Famous quotes containing the word fortune:

“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.)

“All things have their ends and cycles. And when they have reached their highest point, they are in their lowest ruin, for they cannot last for long in such a state. Such is the end for those who cannot moderate their fortune and prosperity with reason and temperance.”
—François Rabelais (1494–1553)

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