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

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

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

Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.

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

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

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

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.

Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

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

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

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.