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Fortune befriends the bold.

The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.

I never admire another’s fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away.

Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.

My pride fell with my fortunes.

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.

Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started.

Luck is not chance, it’s toil; fortune’s expensive smile is earned.