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

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

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

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. 

Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.

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

We do not suffer by accident. 

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

Some folks want their luck buttered.

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

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

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