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

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

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

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.

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

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

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

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

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

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.

Some folks want their luck buttered.