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

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

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

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

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

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

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

Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.

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

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

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

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. 

To put one’s trust in God is only a longer way of saying that one will chance it.