Luck is believing you’re lucky. 

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

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

’Tis not a ridiculous devotion to say a prayer before a game at tables?

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

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

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

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

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

Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.

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

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

Luck takes the step that no one sees.