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

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

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

Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

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

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. 

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

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

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.

Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.

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