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

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

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

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

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

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

Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.

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. 

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

We do not suffer by accident. 

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

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