We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.
“Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away.”
“No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.”