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

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

Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

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

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

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