We are the masters at the moment and shall be for some considerable time.
Getting up and criticising the other fellow because he's in and you are not seems to me a futile waste of time. Especially as you know in your heart that you would be doing more or less the same thing if you were in his place.
I feel that I've had a happy life, not a very useful life, but a happy one.
Let us not foist this humbug on the world.
All my moves were designed to promote the happiness and wellbeing of my family, rather than fame.