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

Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.

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

Luck takes the step that no one sees.

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

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

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

We do not suffer by accident. 

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

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

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

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

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