The best six doctors anywhere And no one

The best six doctors anywhere
And no one can deny it
Are sunshine, water, rest, and air
Exercise and diet.
These six will gladly you attend
If only you are willing
Your mind they'll ease
Your will they'll mend
And charge you not a shilling.

- Nursery rhyme quoted by Wayne Fields, What the River Knows, 1990

"Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness." - Democritus "Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance." - Ralph Waldo Emerson