It is no wisdom ever to commend or discommend the actions of men by their success; for oftentimes some enterprises attempted by good counsel end unfortunately, and others unadvisedly taken in hand have happy success.
Source: In The Executives Quotation Book, ed. by James Charlton, 1993.
-- Sir Walter Raleigh, ( 1552-1618), English navigator, historian, courtier; He is remembered for introducing tobacco to English and for trying to colonize Virginia.