Prosperity of the middling and lower orders depends upon the fortunes and light taxes of the rich. — Andrew Mellon Copy Share Image
The happiness and unhappiness of men depends as much on their ethics as on fortune. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find: Occasion once past by, is bald behind. — Abraham Cowley Copy Share Image
“Fortune was a heartless witch in perpetual anticipation of her monthly courses.” — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
Fortune always will confer an aura of worth, unworthily; and in this world The lucky person passes for a genius. — Euripides Copy Share Image
I am above being injured by fortune, though she steals away much, more will remain with me. The blessing I now enjoy… — Ovid Copy Share Image
Extraordinary beauty can be a curse to the one who possesses it. one pays a dear price for fame and fortune — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
It is often the easiest move that completes the game. Fortune is like the lady whom a lover carried off from all… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
I must say as to what I have seen of Texas it is the garden spot of the world. The best land… — Davy Crockett Copy Share Image
Envy is a weed that grows in all soils and climates, and is no less luxuriant in the country than in the… — Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon Copy Share Image
I was a VP of marketing, I was regional sales manager in fashion, and marketing director in communications and product development. I… — Patti Stanger Copy Share Image
Cricket is a game full or forlorn hopes and sudden dramatic changes of fortune and its rules are so ill-defined that their… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Self-love is almost always the ruling principle of our friendships. It makes us avoid all our obligations in unprofitable situations, and even… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
If thou art rich, then show the greatness of thy fortune; or what is better, the greatness of thy soul, in the… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
“It is we that are blind, not Fortune: because our eye is too dim to discover the mystery of her effects, we… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
“I conclude therefore that, fortune being changeful and mankind steadfast in their ways, so long as the two are in agreement men… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Let us sit and mock the good housewife Fortune from her wheel, that her gifts may henceforth be bestowed equally, I would… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The left think that this special place in the world, the United States of America, it just happened. It just is. And… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
It is certain that success naturally confirms in us a favourable opinion of our own abilities. Scarce any man is willing to… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
America's abundance was created not by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Percy and Reyna occupied matching praeters' chairs on the dais, which made Percy self-conscious. It wasn't easy looking dignified wearing a bedsheet… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
People often ask me why I persisted in doing research on a subject that was so controversial. I frequently respond by telling… — Stanley B. Prusiner Copy Share Image
I think that a young state, like a young virgin, should modestly stay at home, and wait the application of suitors for… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I sometimes wonder if the tragedies my family has suffered are a kind of karmic price for all the fame and fortune… — Robin Gibb Copy Share Image
Snapchat's ramp reminded us of another mobile app Benchmark had the good fortune to back at an early stage: Instagram. — Mitch Lasky Copy Share Image
If these rich women from 5th Avenue spend a fortune on cashmere sweaters, they will come to my store to buy gummy… — Dylan Lauren Copy Share Image
Ah Fortune, what god is more cruel to us than thou! How thou delightest ever to make sport of human life! — Horace Copy Share Image
Never grieve for me if it is my good fortune to die with my boots on. That's what I most hope for. — Maynard Owen Williams Copy Share Image
If someone builds a fortune, it belongs to him, not the government. An entitled government undermines liberty. — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
“It is fit that the fortune should be on his side, for I think the merit will be all on hers.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Good fortune leads one to the highest glory, But to renounce it calls for equal courage. — Pierre Corneille Copy Share Image
The fortune of us that are the moon's men doth ebb and flow like the sea, being governed, as the sea is,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I see men's judgments are A parcel of their fortunes; and things outward Do draw the inward quality after them, To suffer… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Basically, I'm living the life of an actress in L.A. And I've recently had some pretty good fortune. — Olivia Munn Copy Share Image
Will Fortune never come with both hands full, But write her fair words still in foulest terms? — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance, And toss them on the wheels of Chance. — Juvenal Copy Share Image
All other goods by fortune's hand are given, A wife is the peculiar gift of Heaven. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
I must accommodate my history to the hour: I may presently change, not only by fortune, but also by intention. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I didn't care about fame or fortune, big house, fancy career, nice car - none of that has ever been important to… — Karen Pence Copy Share Image
