Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.

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

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

Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.

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

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

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

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

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

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

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

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

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