The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Success \Suc*cess"\, n. [L. successus: cf. F. succ[`e]s. See
   Succeed.]
   1. Act of succeeding; succession. [Obs.]
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            Then all the sons of these five brethren reigned
            By due success.                       --Spenser.
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   2. That which comes after; hence, consequence, issue, or
      result, of an endeavor or undertaking, whether good or
      bad; the outcome of effort.
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            Men . . . that are like to do that, that is
            committed to them, and to report back again
            faithfully the success.               --Bacon.
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            Perplexed and troubled at his bad success
            The tempter stood.                    --Milton.
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   3. The favorable or prosperous termination of anything
      attempted; the attainment of a proposed object; prosperous
      issue.
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            Dream of success and happy victory!   --Shak.
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            Or teach with more success her son
            The vices of the time to shun.        --Waller.
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            Military successes, above all others, elevate the
            minds of a people.                    --Atterbury.
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   4. That which meets with, or one who accomplishes, favorable
      results, as a play or a player. [Colloq.]
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The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

SUCCESS, n.  The one unpardonable sin against one's fellows.  In
literature, and particularly in poetry, the elements of success are
exceedingly simple, and are admirably set forth in the following lines
by the reverend Father Gassalasca Jape, entitled, for some mysterious
reason, "John A. Joyce."

    The bard who would prosper must carry a book,
        Do his thinking in prose and wear
    A crimson cravat, a far-away look
        And a head of hexameter hair.
    Be thin in your thought and your body'll be fat;
    If you wear your hair long you needn't your hat.