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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.

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

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.

Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter – Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes – A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.

Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.

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

If I traveled to the end of the rainbow as Dame Fortune did intend, Murphy would be there to tell me the pot’s at the other end.

Although I don’t have a prescription for what others should do, I know I have been very fortunate and feel a responsibility to give back to society in a very significant way.

We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.