To put one’s trust in God is only a longer way of saying that one will chance it.

To hold a throne is luck; to bestow it, virtue.

Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.

A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.

Good fortune is light as a feather, but nobody knows how to hold it up. Misfortune is heavy as the earth, but nobody knows how to stay out of its way.

We do not suffer by accident. 

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.

When the abbot throws the dice, the whole convent will play.

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

There are two times in a man’s life when he should not speculate: when he can’t afford it, and when he can.