Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

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

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

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

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

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

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

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.

We do not suffer by accident. 

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

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. 

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

Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.