Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

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

’Tis not a ridiculous devotion to say a prayer before a game at tables?

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

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

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.

It is so difficult not to become vain about one’s own good luck.

It is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear. 

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

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

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