Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.

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

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

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

Luck takes the step that no one sees.

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

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

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

Luck is believing you’re lucky. 

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

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

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

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