Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady.
The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.
Get away from the crowd when you can. Keep yourself to yourself, if only for a few hours daily.
I'd learned my lesson.
Nobody is ever met at the airport when beginning a new adventure. It's just not done.
We play the hands of cards life gives us. And the worst hands can make us the best players.
The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.