_fortuna secunda uti_—to be fortunate, lucky.
_fortunae favore_ or _prospero flatu fortunae uti_ (_vid._ sect. VI.
8., note _uti..._)—to be favoured by Fortune; to bask in Fortune's
smiles.
_fortunam fautricem nancisci_—to be favoured by Fortune; to bask in
Fortune's smiles.
_fortuna caecos homines efficit, animos occaecat_—Fortune makes men
shortsighted, infatuates them.
_fortunam tentare, experiri_—to try one's luck.
_fortunam periclitari (periculum facere)_—to run a risk; to tempt
Providence.
_fortunae se committere_—to trust to luck.
_fortunam in manibus habere_—to have success in one's grasp.
_fortunam ex manibus dimittere_—to let success slip through one's
fingers.
_fortuna commutatur, se inclinat_—luck is changing, waning.
_ludibrium fortunae_—the plaything of Fortune.
_is, quem fortuna complexa est_—Fortune's favourite.
_a fortuna desertum, derelictum esse_—to be abandoned by good luck.
_fortuna aliquem effert_—Fortune exalts a man, makes him conspicuous.
_rebus secundis efferri_—to be puffed up by success; to be made
arrogant by prosperity.
_ad felicitatem (magnus) cumulus accedit ex aliqua re_—his crowning
happiness is produced by a thing; the culminating point of his
felicity is...
_aliquid felicitatis cumulum affert_—his crowning happiness is
produced by a thing; the culminating point of his felicity is...
_aliquid felicitatem magno cumulo auget_—his crowning happiness is
produced by a thing; the culminating point of his felicity is...
_in rebus prosperis et ad voluntatem fluentibus_—when life runs
smoothly.
_beata vita, beate vivere, beatum esse_[1]—happiness, bliss.
_ad bene beateque vivendum_—for a life of perfect happiness.
_peropportune accidit, quod_—it is most fortunate that...
[1] _beatitas_ and _beatitudo_ are used by Cicero in one passage only
(De Nat. Deorum, 1. 34. 95), but merely as a linguistic experiment.