“__ Is a Good Servant But a Bad Master” Fill in the Blank

Gretchen aphorism

From Further Secrets of Adulthood:

 

_____ is a good servant but a bad master.”

What else would you suggest?

Habits, certainly.

Ambition.

Television.

Punctuality.

How would you fill in that blank?

 

 

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