Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

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.

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

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

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

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

We do not suffer by accident. 

Luck takes the step that no one sees.

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

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

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. 

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

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