It was part of war; men died, more would die, that was past, and what mattered now was the business in hand; those who lived would get on with it. Whatever sorrow was felt, there was no point in talking or brooding about it, much less in making, for form's sake, a parade of it. Better and healthier to forget it, and look to tomorrow.The celebrated British stiff upper lip, the resolve to conceal emotion which is not only embarrassing and useless, but harmful, is just plain commons sense

As you grow ready for it, somewhere or other you will find what is needful for you in a book.

Ambition is but the evil shadow of aspiration.

It may be infinitely worse to refuse to forgive than to murder, because

They will pressure you into doing things that may be unsafe, use your good judgment, and remember, 'I would rather be laughed at, than cried for.'

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

Beauty and sadness always go together. Nature thought beauty too rich to go forth Upon the earth without a meet alloy.