Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anyone else.
A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive. Having been alive, it won't be so hard in the end to lie down and rest.
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said I don't know.
Part of being creative is learning how to protect your freedom. That includes freedom from avarice.
By the time I'd grown up, I naturally supposed that I'd be grown up.
As I neared her, I bent to help her up, and was nearly knocked over her.
It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.