A man's sorrow runs uphill; true it is difficult for him to bear, but it is also difficult for him to keep.

And must I, perchance, like careful writers, guard myself against the conclusions of my readers?

A man's sorrow runs uphill; true it is difficult for him to bear, but it is also difficult for him to keep.

Too great a sense of identity makes a man feel he can do no wrong. And too little does the same.

Man is the only thing that has no further use after something goes amiss.

We are but skin about a wind, with muscles clenched against mortality.

My war brought me many things; let yours bring you as much. Life is not to be told, call it as loud as you like, it will not tell itself. No one will be much or little except in someone else's mind, so be careful of the minds you get into, and remember Lady Macbeth, who had her mind in her hand. We can't all be as safe as that.