Beware what you wish for, unless you have the grace to hope that your luck can be shared.

If grace belongs to God, there are those who say that luck belongs to the Devil and that he looks after his own.

Those who mistake their good luck for their merit are inevitably bound for disaster.

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.

My father had died, and very swiftly, too, of cancer of the esophagus. He was 79. I am 61. In whatever kind of a 'race' life may be, I have very abruptly become a finalist.