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

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

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

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

Luck takes the step that no one sees.

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

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

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

Luck is believing you’re lucky. 

To hold a throne is luck; to bestow it, virtue.

Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.

We do not suffer by accident. 

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.