Fortune

Famous quotes containing the word fortune:

“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)

“When the old man on the border lost his horse, who could know that it was good fortune in disguise?”
—Chinese proverb.

“It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.”
—Titus Livius (Livy)