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

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.

Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

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

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

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.

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

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

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.