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

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

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

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.

We do not suffer by accident. 

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

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

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.

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

Some folks want their luck buttered.

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

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