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

We do not suffer by accident. 

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

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

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

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

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

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

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

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

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

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

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.