Fortune

Famous quotes containing the word fortune:

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

“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)

“If I had a mind to be honest, I see Fortune would not suffer me: she drops booties in my mouth.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)