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

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

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

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

Luck takes the step that no one sees.

Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

It is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear. 

We do not suffer by accident. 

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

Luck is believing you’re lucky. 

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