You all remember, I suppose, that beautiful and inspired saying of Our Ford's: History is bunk.
Too much consistency is as bad for the mind as for the body.
Ignore death up to the last moment; then, when it can't be ignored any longer, have yourself squirted full of morphia and shuffle off in a coma. Thoroughly sensible, humane and scientific, eh?
If you don't gamble, you'll never win.
Pain was a fascinating horror
In all activities of life, the secret of efficiency lies in an ability to combine two seemingly incompatible states: a state of maximum activity and a state of maximum relaxation.