We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.
I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.
The good fortune of America is closely tied to the good fortune of all humanity.
It's O.K. to accept good fortune.
The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
The human wish to credit good things as miraculous and to charge bad things to another account is apparently universal.
Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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