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.

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

A great fortune is a great slavery.

All the ills of mankind all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books all the political blunders all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive nor yet the greatest of all but great cleverness and much learning if they be accompanied by a bad training are a much greater misfortune.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune but great minds rise above them.

Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.

The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice.

Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.

The less we deserve good fortune the more we hope for it.

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.

There are good and bad times but our mood changes more often than our 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.

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

One of the sanest surest and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.

Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.

Well if Fortune be a woman she's a good wench for this gear.

Behold a worthy sight to which the God turning his attention to his own work may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing worthy of a God a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.

Call it Nature Fate Fortune all these are names of the one and selfsame God.

Seek not to know what must not be reveal for joy only flows where fate is most concealed. A busy person would find their sorrows much more if future fortunes were known before!

The question of armaments whether on land or sea is the most immediately and intensely practical question connected with the future fortunes of nations and of mankind.

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.

Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men.