i
The world is a gambling-table so arranged that all who enter the casino
must play and all must lose more or less heavily in the long run, though
they win occasionally by the way.
ii
We play out our days as we play out cards, taking them as they come, not
knowing what they will be, hoping for a lucky card and sometimes getting
one, often getting just the wrong one.
iii
The world may not be particularly wise—still, we know of nothing wiser.
iv
The world will always be governed by self-interest. We should not try to
stop this, we should try to make the self-interest of cads a little more
coincident with that of decent people.