Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.

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

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

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. 

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

Luck takes the step that no one sees.

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

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

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

Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.

Some folks want their luck buttered.