On Luck

On Luck"I never knew an early-rising, hardworking, prudent man, careful of his earnings and strictly honest, who complained of bad luck. A good character, good habits and iron industry are impregnable to the assaults of all the ill luck that fools ever dreamed of." Joseph AddisonDon't ask me who Addison was. I got that out of a quote book. All I know about Addison is that there's a street named after him near Wrigley Field--that and the observation that he appears to have been a self-r...