Customs Quote by Francis Bacon

The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light…

— Francis Bacon

The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky; which is a number of smaller stars, not seen asunder, but giving…

— Francis Bacon Sr

Fortune is no real thing. But men who cannot bear what comes to them In Nature's way, give their own characters The name of…

— Menander

Fortune may crowd a man's life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he…

— Frederick Douglass

So powerfully does fortune appear to sway the destinies of men, putting a silver spoon into one man's mouth, and a wooden one into…

— William Mathews

Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.

— Livy

Fortune makes our virtues and vices visible, just as light does the objects of sight.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The good or the bad fortune of men depends not less upon their own dispositions than upon fortune.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Good fortune almost always makes some change in a man's behavior - in his manner of speaking and acting. It is a great weakness…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

“The way of fortune, is like the Milken Way in the sky; which is a meeting or knot of a number of small stars;…

— Francis Bacon

Good fortune is a god among men, and more than a god.

— Aeschylus

Not many men have both good fortune and good sense.

— Marilyn French