“The trouble is people leave too much to luck. They get married and then trust to luck. They should be sure in the first place.”

“I sometimes think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.”

“When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.”

“Therefore, since the world has still
Much good, but much less good than ill,
And while the sun and moon endure
Luck’s a chance, but trouble’s sure
I’d face it as a wise man would,
And train for ill and not for good.”

“When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.”

“The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.”

“Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique and not too much imagination.”

“I left parts of myself everywhere,
The way absent-minded people leave
Gloves and umbrellas
Whose colors are sad from dispensing so much bad luck”

“Trust wisdom, the harder you work the better luck you have.”

“[Irene] hated trusting to luck. It was no substitute for good planning and careful preparation.”