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

Some folks want their luck buttered.

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. 

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 or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

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

Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

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

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.

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

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