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

Luck is believing you’re lucky. 

We do not suffer by accident. 

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

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

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

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. 

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

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

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

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

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