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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them if they will not apply themselves to me.

Michel de Montaigne
Expectations, Temptation, Able
Michel de Montaigne (2015). “Montaigne's Essays: Top Essays”, p.679, 谷月社
Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them if they will not apply themselves to me.