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

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

We do not suffer by accident. 

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

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

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

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

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

Some folks want their luck buttered.

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. 

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

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

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