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Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.

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.

A great fortune is a great slavery.

A great mind becomes a great 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 less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.

Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.

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

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.

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

You must avoid giving hostages to fortune, like getting an expensive wife, an expensive house, and a style of living that never lets you aford the time to take the chance to write what you wish.

We're going to shoot one Polaroid per show. I'm going to sign this before it even develops because I know that once it develops with my signature on it, it's worth a fortune. I'll make this a work of magic warlock art.

Some of the characters in the story had a fortune in fantasy lives.

Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful.

Fame an fortune are nothing if you're not happy and healthy.

There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

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.