Tis never the place, but the people one shares it with who are the cause of our happiest memories.

Life is always uncertain,'he said with a shrug. 'We cannot let the fear of what might happen stop us living as we choose.

It's too easy, you see, to get trapped in the past. The past is very seductive. People always talk about the mists of time, you know, but really it's the present that's in a mist, uncertain. The past is quite clear, and warm, and comforting. That's why people often get stuck there.

The past can teach us, nurture us, but it cannot sustain us. The essence of life is change, and we must move ever forward or the soul will wither and die.

The world becomes a wider place, with but a little learning.

Hope rarely enters into it. 'Tis action moves the world.

Men who watch, and say little, very often are much wiser than the men they serve.