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

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

Luck is believing you’re lucky. 

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

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

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.

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

Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.

Luck takes the step that no one sees.

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. 

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

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