A farmer travelling with his load
Picked up a horseshoe on the road,
And nailed if fast read more

A farmer travelling with his load
Picked up a horseshoe on the road,
And nailed if fast to his barn door,
That luck might down upon him pour;
That every blessing known in life
Might crown his homestead and his wife,
And never any kind of harm
Descend upon his growing farm.

When God throws the dice are loaded.

When God throws the dice are loaded.

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?

As good luck would have it, comes in one Mistress Page, gives
intelligence of Ford's approach, and in her read more

As good luck would have it, comes in one Mistress Page, gives
intelligence of Ford's approach, and in her invention, and Ford's
wife's distraction, they conveyed me into a buck-basket.

As they who make
Good luck a god count all unlucky men.

As they who make
Good luck a god count all unlucky men.

Luck is the residue of design.

Luck is the residue of design.

All of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists through the bad luck -- who keeps read more

All of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists through the bad luck -- who keeps right on going -- is the man who is there when the good luck comes -- and is ready to receive it.

Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to
meet it.

Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to
meet it.

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.