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

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.

Misfortune, n. The kind of fortune that never misses.

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

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

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

Luck takes the step that no one sees.

Some folks want their luck buttered.

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

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

Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.

Luck is believing you’re lucky.