Evening Quote by Ammianus Marcellinus

The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, I shall today be uppermost.

— Confucius

In prosperous fortunes be modest and wise, The greatest may fall, and the lowest may rise: But insolent People that fall in disgrace, Are…

— Benjamin Franklin

The wheel of fortune [...] tells us that we all only want victory. We all want to triumph. But we all have to learn…

— Philippa Gregory

That is a most wretched fortune which is without an enemy.

— Publilius Syrus

“The wheel of Fortune turns one way and another, taking us to the heights or the depths. That is the great wheel on which…

— Ned Hayes

Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing else in this world.

— George Herbert

The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.

— Epicurus

Discontent is the root of fortune.

— Paritoshik Sharma

Mens fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.

— Herodotus

There is something about prosperity that brings out the worst in some people.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

If fortune makes a wicked man prosperous and a good man poor, there is no need to wonder. For the wicked regard wealth as…

— Sallust

The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.

— Quintilian