We bear the world and we make it... There was never a great man who had not a great mother - it is hardly an exaggeration.
Things are only impossible until they're not.
A sympathetic Scot summed it all up very neatly in the remark, "You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing."
Think of yourself as an incandescent power, illuminated and perhaps forever talked to by God and his messengers.
It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing.
Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.
Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.