276.
Fortunate has more power over a man than his own forethought.
277.
When fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
278.
When the edifice of our Fortune is but slightly fractured, a chasm opens through the whole.
279.
Fortune makes many loans, but gives no presents.
280.
Fortune is like glass; the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.
281.
The great gifts of Fortune are waited on by fear.
282.
It is more easy to get a favor from Fortune, than to keep it.
283.
His own character is the arbiter of every one's fortune.
284.
It is a fraud to receive the trust which you cannot return.
285.
Put a bridle on your tongue, but at all hazards on your baser members.
286.
With but few, is a repetition of punishment remedial.
287.
Frugality is poverty disguised with a good name.
288.
Vain are his prayers who cannot grant a prayer.
289.
An over-taxed patience gives way to fierce anger.
