He that waits upon Fortune, is never sure of a Dinner.
He that hath no ill Fortune will be troubled with good.
Fortune, seeing she could not make fools wise, she has made them fortunate.[La fortune, n’ayant peu faire les mal-habiles sages, elle les fait heureux.]
Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.
Fortune is a courtesan; though favorable yesterday, she may turn her back to-morrow.[La fortune est une courtisane : favorable hier, elle peut me trahir demain.]
Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
Fortune and ill-fortune drift upon one haphazardly as clouds.
A man was bound to make for himself, in the world, that fortune which Heaven had refused – him at his birth.[Un homme doit chercher à se faire sur la terre une fortune que Dieu lui a refusée en naissant.]
A Change of Fortune hurts a wise Man no more than a Change of the Moon.
‘Tis the taste of an effeminate fortune, that disrelishes ordinary and accustomed things.[C’est le gout d’une mole fortune, qui s’affadit aux choses ordinaires et accoustumées.]
