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

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

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

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

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

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. 

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

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

Some folks want their luck buttered.

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

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

Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.