If I were younger, I'd know more.

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.

Odd things happen to all of us on our way through life without our noticing for a time that they have happened.

A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don't find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting.

We are all failures - at least the best of us are.

There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make.

Those who are prepared to die are most prepared to live.