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.

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.

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

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

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

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

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

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

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

Luck is believing you’re lucky. 

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

Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.