Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible.

— Bacon, Francis

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

— Balzac, Honore De

Your fortune is not something to find but to unfold.

— Butterworth, Eric

Each man is the smith of his own fortune.

— Caecus, Appius Claudius

Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away.

— Charles V

Every individual is the architect of his own fortune.

— Claudius, Appius

It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence.

— Dryden, John

Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

— Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.

— Euripides

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

— Franklin, Benjamin

Only learn to seize good fortune, for good fortune's always here.

— Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.

— Goldsmith, Oliver

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

— Horace

If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.

— Horace

Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.

— Jerrold, Douglas William

There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.

— La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.

— Lowell, James Russell

Good fortune and evil fortune come to all things alike in this world of time.

— Moasi

There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.

— Montesquieu, Charles De

I am above being injured by fortune, though she steals away much, more will remain with me. The blessing I now enjoy transcend fear.

— Ovid

Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish.

— Ovid

I do have big tits. Always had 'em -- pushed 'em up, whacked 'em around. Why not make fun of 'em? I've made a fortune with 'em.

— Parton, Dolly

Fortune favors the prepared mind.

— Pasteur, Louis

One's best fortune, or, their worst is their spouse.

— Proverb

Speedy exception is the mother of good fortune.

— Proverb

A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence.

— Proverb, Chinese

Against change of fortune set a brave heart.

— Proverb, French

In bad fortune hold out, in good hold in.

— Proverb, German

Fortune favors the bold, but abandons the timid.

— Proverb, Latin

Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.

— Quarles, Francis

We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.

— Rousseau, Jean Jacques

Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor.

— Ruskin, John

There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound by shallows and in misery. [Julius Caesar]

— Shakespeare, William

Fortune is like glass--the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.

— Syrus, Publilius

Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and does not hear her.

— Twain, Mark

Fortune does not so much change men, as it unmasks them.

— Unknown, Source

Fortune favors the brave.

— Virgil

Fortune sides with him who dares.

— Virgil

Fortune is a great deceiver. She sells very dear the things she seems to give us.

— Voiture, Vincent

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

— Whitman, Walt