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

Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.

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

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. 

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

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

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

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

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

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

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

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.