Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. 

Luck takes the step that no one sees.

Some folks want their luck buttered.

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

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

To hold a throne is luck; to bestow it, virtue.

We do not suffer by accident. 

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

Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.

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

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

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