Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.

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

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

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

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

Some folks want their luck buttered.

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

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

We do not suffer by accident. 

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. 

Good fortune is light as a feather, but nobody knows how to hold it up. Misfortune is heavy as the earth, but nobody knows how to stay out of its way.

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

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