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

Luck takes the step that no one sees.

Some folks want their luck buttered.

Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.

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.

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

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

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

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

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

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.