we never mean that a man is lucky to be endowed with successful
qualities. So long as we do not go back to the real matter of fortune,
which lies in the character, let us, at least, be intelligent, and stop
talking about one man having any more good things happen to him than
another. There is only one sure thing about events, and that is the law
of chance. If men take to chance, they will come out even, if it be a
fair chance.