Very few live by choice. Every man is placed in his present condition by causes which acted without his foresight, and with which he did not always willingly cooperate; and therefore you will rarely meet one who does not think the lot of his neighbor better than his own.

Fortune, thou hadst no deity, if men Had wisdom.

Ill fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.

Fortunate persons hardly ever amend their ways: they always imagine that they are in the right when fortune upholds their bad conduct.

Fortune never appears so blind as to those to whom she does no good.

When Fortune comes, seize her in front with a sure hand, because behind she is bald.

What men call luck Is the prerogative of valiant souls, The fealty life pays its rightful kings.

When a man is a favorite of Fortune she never takes him unawares, and, however astonishing her favors may be, she finds him ready.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favors too much.

It is more easy to get a favor from fortune than to keep it.