I learned this a long time ago... and it is true... You only get what you deserve.

AUTHOR: Jessie Belle Rittenhouse (1869–1948)
QUOTATION:

I bargained with Life for a penny,
And Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store;
For Life is a just employer,
He gives you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why, you must bear the task.
I worked for a menial’s hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life,
Life would have gladly paid.