’Tis a Part of Good Discretion in All Contests, to Consider over and
over, the Power, the Strength, and the Interest of our Adversary; and
likewise again, that though One Man may be more Robust then Another, That
Force may be Baffled yet by Skill and Address. It is in the Bus’ness of
Life as it is in a Storm, or a Calm at Sea: The Blast may be Impetuous;
but seldom lasts long; and though the Vessel be Press’d never so Hard,
a Skilful Steers-man will yet bear up against it: But in a Dead Calm, a
Man loses his Spirits, and lies in a Manner Expos’d, as the Scorn and
Spectacle of Ill Fortune.