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

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.

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

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

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

Luck takes the step that no one sees.

It is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear. 

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

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

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

We do not suffer by accident. 

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

Luck is believing you’re lucky.