Life and Literature / Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, / and classified in alphabetical order - John Purver Richardson

Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.

—Quintilian.

The continuance of good fortune forms no ground of ultimate security.

Fortune gives too much to many, but to none enough.

—Martial.

Good-fortune comes to some people while they are asleep, i. e., without their seeking it.