Luck takes the step that no one sees.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCQuotes
’Tis not a ridiculous devotion to say a prayer before a game at tables?
—Thomas Browne, 1642Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.
—David Hume, 1742Luck is believing you’re lucky.
—William Carlos Williams, 1947Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
—E.B. White, 1944It is so difficult not to become vain about one’s own good luck.
—Simone de Beauvoir, 1963One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
—Oscar Wilde, 1895Casting lots causes contentions to cease, and keeps the mighty apart.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BCTo put one’s trust in God is only a longer way of saying that one will chance it.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1890There are two times in a man’s life when he should not speculate: when he can’t afford it, and when he can.
—Mark Twain, 1897Misfortune, n. The kind of fortune that never misses.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.
—Joan Didion, 2005It is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear.
—Charlotte Brontë, 1847