There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.
Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
It is we that are blind, not fortune.
The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.
How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
Those who have prospered and profited from life's lottery have a moral obligation to share their good fortune.
Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to use them, and curses to those who do not.
The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.
We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.
Fortune is either with you or it's not.