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

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

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

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

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. 

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

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

Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.

We do not suffer by accident. 

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

Some folks want their luck buttered.

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

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