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

Some folks want their luck buttered.

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

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

We do not suffer by accident. 

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

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

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

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

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

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

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.

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