《智慧书·第四辑·一五一至二百》第46则
Know your ruling Star. None so helpless as not to have one; if he is unlucky, that is because he does not know it. Some stand high in the favour of princes and potentates without knowing why or wherefore, except that good luck itself has granted them favour on easy terms, merely requiring them to aid it with a little exertion. Others find favour with the wise. One man is better received by one nation than by another, or is more welcome in one city than in another. He finds more luck in one office or position than another, and all this though his qualifications are equal or even identical. Luck shuffles the cards how and when she will. Let each man know his luck as well as his talents, for on this depends whether he loses or wins. Follow your guiding star and help it without mistaking any other for it, for that would be to miss the North, though its neighbour (the polestar) calls us to it with a voice of thunder.
注释摘要
这则格言的标题与正文原本是一句话的两个半段：“知道你的主宰之星。再无助的人也有属于自己的一颗；说他不走运，只是因为他并不认识它。”这个开头已经点明葛拉西安的预设：运气不是一种随机的分配，而是一种人人都有却未必人人认识的坐标。所谓“主宰之星”（estrella dominante）不是外在的庇佑，而是你与特定环境之间一种先定的契合。你不认识它的时候，它会被当…