Fortune

"Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man her slave oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleasd to bless."

"Fortune comes well to all that comes not late."

"And raild on Lady Fortune in good terms."

"O Fortune, cruellest of heavenly powers, Why make such game of this poor life of ours?"

"If hindrances obstruct thy way, Thy magnanimity display. And let thy strength be seen: But O, if Fortune fill thy sail With more than a propitious gale, Take half thy canvas in."

"Vitam regit fortuna, non sapientia."

"Vixi, et, quem dederat cursum Fortuna, peregi."

"Who thinks that fortune cannot change her mind, Prepares a dreadful jest for all mankind. And who stands safest? Tell me, is it he That spreads and swells in puffd prosperity, Or blessd with little, whose preventing care In peace provides fit arms against a war?"

"Fortune, the great commandress of the world, Hath divers ways to advance her followers: To some she gives honor without deserving; To other some, deserving without honor; Some wit, some wealth,—and some, wit without wealth; Some wealth without wit; some nor wit nor wealth."

"Fortune is like a widow won, And truckles to the bold alone."

"Non equidem invideo: miror magis."

"Just for a handful of silver he left us, Just for a ribbon to stick in his coat; Found the one gift of which Fortune bereft us, Lost all the others she lets us devote."