Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. 

Luck takes the step that no one sees.

It is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear. 

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.

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

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

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.

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

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

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

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

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