Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
I actually study boxing - my dad was a Golden Gloves champion so I learned how to fight at a very young age. Growing up in Brooklyn you always had to watch your back, so I pretty much learned to protect myself.
October turned my maple's leaves to gold; the most are gone now; here and there one lingers; soon these will slip from out the twig's weak hold, like coins between a dying miser's fingers.
