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

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

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

Luck is believing you’re lucky. 

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. 

Some folks want their luck buttered.

Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.

You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.

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

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.

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