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 turns aside destruction by a great god.

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

We do not suffer by accident. 

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. 

Luck is believing you’re lucky. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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