Fortune Quotes - Page 15
Louisa May Alcott (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated)”, p.2238, Delphi Classics
Good fortune and a good disposition are rarely given to the same man.
"History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book XXX, section 42,
When Fortune comes, seize her in front with a sure hand, because behind she is bald.
Leonardo Da Vinci “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, Lulu.com
Fortune is like a coquette; if you don't run after her, she will run after you.
Josh Billings (1874). “Josh Billings' Wit and Humor”, p.151
Horace, D. S. Carne-Ross, Kenneth Haynes (1996). “Horace in English”, Penguin Group USA
Gustave Flaubert (2005). “Salammbo”, p.160, Penguin UK
'Troilus and Criseyde' bk. 3, l. 1625.
Francois Rabelais (2014). “Gargantua and Pantagruel”, p.684, Lulu Press, Inc
True friends share genuine closeness and remain friends irrespective of fluctuating fortunes.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama (2000). “The Transformed Mind: Reflections on Truth, Love and Happiness”, p.25, Penguin UK
Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.243, Penguin
It is not, after all, so very hard to acquire a fortune; the real difficulty is to deserve one.
Chapman Cohen (1900). “Opinions, Random Reflections, and Wayside Sayings”
