Luck is believing you’re lucky. 

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

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

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

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

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

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. 

Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.

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

We do not suffer by accident. 

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

Some folks want their luck buttered.

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