Francois de La Rochefoucauld Luck Quotations

There are no accidents so unlucky but the prudent may draw some advantage from them.

A clever man reaps some benefit from the worst catastrophe, and a fool can turn even good luck to his disadvantage.

Chance corrects us of many faults that reason would not know how to correct.

There are no accidents so unlucky from which clever people are not able to reap some advantage, and none so lucky that the foolish are not able to turn them to their own disadvantage.

Innocence is lucky if it finds the same protection as guilt

Honest people will respect us for our merit: the public, for our luck.

Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.

Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.