The Infector and the Unhappy and Lucky

People sometimes draw misfortune on themselves, they will also draw it on you. Associate with the happy and fortunate instead. Find those with mutual self-interests and make an alliance. If timidity has taken hold of you, then root it out. Always set to work without misgivings on the score of imprudence. Make your accomplishments seem effortless. A line of poetry will take us hours maybe, yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, our stitching and in stitching has been not. The 48 Laws of Power, Law 10, Infection Avoid the Unhappy and Unlucky.