We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.

Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

Fortune does not so much change men, as it unmasks them.

The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

Only learn to seize good fortune, for good fortune's always here.

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

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.

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 by shallows and in misery. [Julius Caesar]

If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.