Bacon advises to use such as have been lucky because of the confidence they breed in others and the effort they will make “to maintain their prescription.”
The first principle of success in the game of life is to be willing to lose. The player who will not sacrifice his pawns will soon have his king in check.
Keep your wits about you. In the immediate exigencies of life a full pocketbook is more useful than a fine bank balance.
Do you ever ask yourself why you expect good fortune to come without effort and bad fortune to stay away without precautions?
PART III.
How far our Happiness depends on Ourselves.