...and Riches to the Careful, as well as Power to the Bold, and Heaven to the Virtuous, And farther, If you would have a faithful Servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. And again, he adviseth to Circumspection and Care, even in the smallest Matters, because sometimes...

...for the want of a nail rightly ridicules the simplemindedness of linear colligation. "For the want of a nail the shoe was lost, for the want of a shoe the horse was lost, for the want of a horse the rider was lost, for the want of a rider the message was lost, for...

...the overall strategy start to go off the rails, resulting in frustration all round. 'For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost, for the want of a shoe the horse was lost, for the want of a horse the kingdom was lost . . .' Many of these elements may appear insignificant...

...and very easily. I will illustrate the importance of that by quoting from Benjamin Franklin who said "A little neglect may breed great mischief. For want of a nail, a shoe was lost. For want of a shoe, the horse was lost. For want of a horse, the rider was lost."...

...home? A useful poem about the consequences of behaviour is For the want of a nail: For the want of a nail The shoe was lost, For the want of a shoe The horse was lost, For the want of a horse The rider was lost, For the want of a rider The battle was lost, For...

...sensitivity of dynamical systems to initial conditions is the subject of the folk adage: For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost For the want of a shoe, the horse was lost For the want of a horse, the rider was lost For the want of a rider, the battle was lost For the...

...The feelers in the shape of cannon balls will bring them to taw." Boom, boom, boom. "For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost, For the want of a shoe the horse was lost, For the want of a horse the general was lost, For the want of a general the battle was lost....

...if it had failed to hold. One's mind turns to the fable in Poor Richard's Almanac: For the want of a nail the shoe was lost, For the want of a shoe the horse was lost, For the want of a horse the rider was lost, For the want of a rider the battle was lost, Fort...

...if it had failed to hold. One's mind turns to the fable in Poor Richard's Almanac: For the want of a nail the shoe was lost, For the want of a shoe the horse was lost, For the want of a horse the rider was lost, For the want of a rider the battle was lost, Fort...

...sunglasses." Was this going to be a saga decided by a mistake? One remembers Benjamin Franklin's musing, "A little neglect may breed great mischief. . . for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost." Now,...