Fortune

Famous quotes containing the word fortune:

“Allow me, whom Fortune always desires to bury, lay down my life in these final trivialities. Many have freely died in longlasting loves, among whose number may the earth cover me as well.”
—Propertius Sextus (c. 50–16 B.C.)

“Well, if Fortune be a woman, she’s a good wench for this gear.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“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.)