Fortune

Famous quotes containing the word fortune:

“There was ... a large, shaggy dog, whose nose, report said, was full of porcupine quills. I can testify that he looked very sober. This is the usual fortune of pioneer dogs, for they have to face the brunt of the battle for their race.... When a generation or two have used up all their enemies’ darts, their successors lead a comparatively easy life. We owe to our fathers analogous blessings.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“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)

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