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.

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

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

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

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.

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

A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.

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

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

Luck is believing you’re lucky. 

Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.