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.

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

Luck is believing you’re lucky. 

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.

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

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

Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.

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

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

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

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

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