He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence.
There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension.
It was the wont of the immortal gods sometimes to grant prosperity and long impunity to men whose crimes they were minded to punish in order that a complete reverse of fortune might make them suffer more bitterly.
The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else.
The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition.
Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.
Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
Who hath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.
And though my Lord hath lost his estate and been banished out of his country, yet neither despised poverty nor pinching necessity could make him break the bonds of friendship or weaken his loyal duty.