A man willing to work and unable to find work is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun.

There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are pretty women to deserve them.

Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.

The day of fortune is like a harvest day We must be busy when the corn is ripe.

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war.

Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse he may learn to enjoy it.

I feel like a hostage to fortune. Not that I am complaining. I wanted to play the role. But in truth I didn't think the show would be such a success. OK I thought it would fail. Not because it was bad. I was confident it was good but plenty of good things just sort of wither on the vine.

Success is the necessary misfortune of life but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.