Fortune

Famous quotes containing the word fortune:

    Good fortune and a good disposition are rarely given to the same man.
    Titus Livius (Livy)

    While fortune smiles, you’ll count your friends by scores;
    If the sky clouds over, you will be alone.
    Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

    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.)