"The caprice of our temper is even more whimsical than that of Fortune."
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"By working one can bend fortune. She is fond of crafty men."
"When Fortune comes, seize her in front with a sure hand, because behind she is bald."
"It is the fortunate who should extol fortune. [Ger., Das Gluck erhebe billig der Begluckte.]"
"Behind every fortune there is a crime."
"Time is the only capital of those who just have their inteligence as fortune."
"Some of us know how we came by our fortune and some of us don't; but we wear it all the same"
"None can hold fortune still and make it last."
"Good fortune is a god among men, and more than a god."
"High fortune, this in man's eye is god and more than god is this."
"It is not, after all, so very hard to acquire a fortune; the real difficulty is to deserve one."
"Friends always forget those whom fortune forsakes."
"I'd pick fortune over fame any day."
"I do not seek good fortune - I am good fortune!"
"If fortune torments me, hope contents me."
"Lady, with me, with me thy fortune lies."
"Many dream not to find, neither deserve, and yet are steeped in favors."
"Will Fortune never come with both hands full, But write her fair words still in foulest terms?"
"What else may hap, to time I will commit."
"Have but luck, and you will have the rest; be fortunate, and you will be thought great."