‘Fortune favours the brave,’ says the old proverb. And that’s right enough. But it seems to especially scorn anyone who wants money too badly. And it positively appears to despise men or women who fear to lose what fortune they already have. As William Shakespeare put it in Othello: Poor and content is rich, and rich enough, But riches fineless1 is as poor as winter To him that ever fears he shall be poor. My advice concerning luck is to laugh in the face of the Lady when she presents herself. Take what you will of her bounty and act swiftly to take advantage of good fortune. But never thank
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