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

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

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

Luck takes the step that no one sees.

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

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

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

We do not suffer by accident. 

Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.

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

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.

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

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