„Mend your speech a little, Lest you may mar your fortunes.“

— William Shakespeare
„Be careful, lest in casting out your demon you exorcise the best thing in you.“
— Friedrich Nietzsche
„In order to have a change of fortune at the last minute, you have to take your fortune to the last minute.“
— Terry Pratchett
„So long as fortune is favouring you, your defects will remain covered.“
— Ali