Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.

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.

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

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

Casting lots causes contentions to cease, and keeps the mighty apart.

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

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. 

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

We do not suffer by accident. 

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.