This is a world of action, and not moping and droning in.

Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence.

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

There either is or is not, that’s the way things are. The colour of the day. The way it felt to be a child. The saltwater on your sunburnt legs. Sometimes the water is yellow, sometimes it’s red. But what colour it may be in memory, depends on the day. I’m not going to tell you the story the way it happened. I’m going to tell it the way I remember it.

Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers, and are famous preservers of good looks.

In this life we want nothing but facts, sir; nothing but facts.