Fortune does not change men; it only unmasks them. Mme. Riccoboni.
Fortune favours the brave, as the old proverb says, but forethought much more. Cic.
Fortune has rarely condescended to be the 40 companion of genius. Isaac Disraeli.
Fortune hath something of the nature of a woman, who, if she be too closely wooed, goes commonly the farther off. Charles V.
Fortune is like a mirror—it does not alter men; it only shows men just as they are. Billings.
Fortune is like the market, where many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall. Bacon.
Fortune is merry, and in this mood will give us anything. Jul. Cæs., iii. 2.
Fortune is not content to do a man one ill 45 turn. Bacon.
Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave. Lowell.
Fortune makes folly her peculiar care. Churchill.