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

Some folks want their luck buttered.

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

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

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

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

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.

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

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

Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.

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