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

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. 

Some folks want their luck buttered.

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

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

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

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

Luck takes the step that no one sees.

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

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

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

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

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.