We do not suffer by accident. 

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

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

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

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. 

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.

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

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

Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.

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

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

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