Don't praise my good fortune before I'm dead and buried.Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about praise, wealth, good, good luck
Speedy exception is the mother of good fortune.Proverbs and old sayings about wealth, mother, good, good luck
Merit is often an obstacle to fortune; the reason is it produces two bad effects, envy and fear.Proverbs and old sayings about obstacles, merit, envy, reason, wealth, fear, bad luck, bad
There's plenty of time to bemoan bad fortune once it arrives.Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about wealth, time, bad luck, bad
The winds of heaven change suddenly; so do human fortunes.Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about human imperfections, change
What first appears as a calamity may later bring good fortune.Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wealth, good, good luck
If you want happiness for an hour -- take a nap. If you want happiness for a day -- go fishing. If you want happiness for a month -- get married. If you want happiness for a year -- inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime -- help...Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about happiness, fishing, help, wealth, contentment, day
Those who inherit fortunes are frequently more of a problem than those who made them.Proverbs and old sayings Congolese
Whatever is given to the poor, is laid out of the reach of fortune.Proverbs and old sayings German about wealth
A pot trader whose fortunes are all invested in her clay pots isn't much of a merchant.Proverbs and old sayings Igbo
When a crow is killed by a storm, the fortuneteller says, He died by my curse.Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian
The priest's friend loses his faith, the doctor's his health, and the lawyer's his fortune.Proverbs and old sayings Italian about faith, wealth