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

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.

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

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

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

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

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. 

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

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

Luck takes the step that no one sees.

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.