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

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

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

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

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. 

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

Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.

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

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

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

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

To put one’s trust in God is only a longer way of saying that one will chance it.

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