Fate is by far the greatest mystery of all.
Life is too uncertain... You must seize happiness where you find it.
If one has a purpose, life is bearable enough, do you not think so?
I adored history, not the dry dates and boring battles, but the stories and the people who populated them.
One is not born English without knowing how to converse easily about the weather.
Without an expectation of success, one is rarely successful.