Fortune is like glass--the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.

Publilius Syrus

I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves.

George Gordon Byron

There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.

Euripides

Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.

Quintilian

It is the fortunate who should extol fortune.

Torquato Tasso

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe