We do not suffer by accident. 

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

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

Some folks want their luck buttered.

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. 

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

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

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

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

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.

You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.

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