“If it does not grow, even though you are working hard, it is not because of unfavorable circumstances, bad timing, or bad luck. … of the past has shown, it is during the bad times that the skilled manager lays firm foundations for future growth.”

“You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.”

“Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.”

“Trying too hard to be too good, even when trying to be bad, is too good for the bad, too bad for the good.”

“A person who is discreet in speaking will be useful during the good times and will avoid punishment during the bad.”

“Sometimes great tunes happen to bad times, and when the bad time is over, not all the tunes get to move on with you.”

“If you want it bad enough, you'll work hard enough to get it.”

“That's bad luck: three on a midget.”

“My bad luck got tangled up with my bad decisions, and I'm paying for it.”

“Even bad times have good things in them to make you feel alive.”