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

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

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

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.

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

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

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

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

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

Some folks want their luck buttered.

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

Luck takes the step that no one sees.