—  Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher

—  Thales of Miletus, 643-548 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

—  Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher

     (on Socrates)

—  Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963, French artist

—  Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, American writer & philosopher

—  Théophile Gautier, 1811-1872, French poet & writer

—  Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor

—  Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist

—  Laurence J Peter, 1919-1990, Canadian writer & educator

—  Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher

—  Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor

—  Thomas Jefferson, 1749-1826, American President [1801-1809]

—  Michel de Montaigne, 1533-1592, French thinker

—  La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer

—  Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850, French writer

—  Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher

—  Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher

—  Calvin Coolidge, 1872-1933, American President [1923-1929]

—  George S. Patton, 1885-1945, American general

—  William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter

—  Frank A. Clark, 1911-1991, American cartoonist

—  Marguerite Yourcenar, 1903-1987, French writer

—  Quentin Crisp, 1908-1999, British writer

—  Giordano Bruno, 1548-1600, Italian monk & philosopher

—  Charles Dickens, 1812-1870, British writer

—  Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824, French author of maxims

—  Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850, French writer

—  Bernard Baruch, 1870-1965, American businessman & statesman

—  Chanakya, 370-280 π.X., Indian teacher & philosopher

—  Marcel Achard, 1899-1974, French playwright

—  D. H. Lawrence, 1885-1930, British writer

—  Stephen King, 1947-, American author of horror & fantasy fiction

—  Marty Rubin, 1930-1994, Canadian gay activist, author & journalist

—  Robert Heinlein, 1907-1988, American sci-fi writer

—  Nicolas Chamfort, 1740-1794, French writer

—  Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924, British-Polish writer

—  Stendhal, 1783-1842, French writer

—  Titus Livius, 59 BC-17 AD, Roman historian

—  Molière, 1622-1673, French playwright

—  Baltasar Gracian, 1601-1658, Spanish writer

—  Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer

—  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1830-1916, German author of maxims

Audentes fortuna iuvat.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

Fortuna vitrea est: tum cum splendet frangitu.

—  Publilius Syrus, 1st cent. AD, Roman author of maxims

—  Franklin Roosevelt, 1882-1945, American President [1936-1945]

Ως ηδύ το ζην μη φθονούσης της τύχης.

—  Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy)

Τοις τολμώσιν η τύχη ξύμφορος.

—  Thucydides, 460-394 BC, Ancient Greek historian

Ου τοις αθύμοις η τύχη ξυλλαμβάνει.

—  Sophocles, 496-406 BC, Ancient tragic poet

Τύχη μη πίστευε.

—  Chilon of Sparta, 6th cent. BC, one of the 7 sages of Ancient Greece

Θέλω τύχης σταλαγμόν ή φρενών πίθον.

—  Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy)

Θεού θέλοντος καν επί ριπός πλέοις.

—  Ancient Greek phrase

Τόλμα πρήξιος αρχή, τύχη δε τέλεος κυρίη.

—  Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

Άνθρωποι τύχης είδωλον επλάσαντο, πρόφασιν ιδίης αβουλίης.

—  Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

Τέχνη τύχην έστερξε και τύχη τέχνην.

—  Agathon, 450-400 BC, Ancient Greek tragic poet

Τον ατυχή και πρόβατον δάκνει.

—  Aesop, 620-560 BC, Ancient Greek fabulist

Μηδέν της τύχης, αλλά πάντα της ευβουλίας και της προνοίας.

—  Plutarch, 47-120 AD, Ancient Greek historian

Ουκ έστιν όστις την τύχην ου μέμφεται.

—  Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy)

Τοις θεοίς τίθει τα πάντα.

—  Archilochus, 725-650 BC, Ancient Greek lyric poet

Ουδείς γαρ πάντα έστι πανόλβιος.

—  Theognis of Megara, 6th cent. BC, Ancient Greek poet

—  International proverb

—  Yiddish proverb

—  Yiddish proverb

—  Turkish proverb

—  from the film Dirty Harry (1971)