The more we take the less we become, the fortune of one man means less for some.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.
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.
Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
A wise man turns chance into good fortune.
The man who comes up with a means for doing or producing almost anything better, faster or more economically has his future and his fortune at his fingertips.
Not many men have both good fortune and good sense.
There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.
Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.