Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. 

Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.

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

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. 

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

Luck takes the step that no one sees.

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.

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

We do not suffer by accident. 

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

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

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