Prosperity Quotes

A jest’s prosperity lies in the ear.
- Shakespeare

Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear;
But seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.
- John Webster

Everything in the world may be endured except
continued prosperity.
- J. W. Goethe

In human life there is nothing which prospers to the end.
- Euripides

Greater virtues are necessary in bearing good fortune
than bad.
- La Rochefoucauld

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
- Syrus

We promise according to our hopes and perform
according to our fears.
- La Rochefoucauld

Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth
best discover virtue.
- Francis Bacon

In prosperity let us take great care to avoid pride, scorn
and arrogance.
- Anonymous