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.

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

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

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

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

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

We do not suffer by accident. 

Some folks want their luck buttered.

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

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

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

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

Luck is believing you’re lucky.