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

Luck takes the step that no one sees.

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

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

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

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

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

Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.

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

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

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

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.