I bargained with life for a penny. But life would pay no more. However I begged at evening, When I counted my scanty store. For life is a just employer and gives you what you ask. But once you have set the wages, Then you must bear the task. I worked for a menial’s hire Only to learn dismayed. That any wage I had asked of life Life would have willingly paid. From the book, "Think and Grow Rich" by Napolean Hill By Jessie Belle Rittenhouse (1869–1948)