As I live and am a man, this is an unexaggerated tale - my dreams become the substances of my life.
The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune's breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
Greater is our terror of the unknown.
There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
I can't promise that I won't continue to embarrass people.
I lived at home and I cycled every morning to the railway station to travel by train to Johannesburg followed by a walk to the University, carrying sandwiches for my lunch and returning in the evening the same way.
No, the secret is that there's no reward and we have to endure our characters and our natures as best we can, because no amount of experience or insight is going to rectify our deficiencies, our self-regard, or our cupidity. We have to learn that our desires do not find any real echo in the world. We have to accept that the people we love do not love us, or not in the way we hope. We have to accept betrayal and disloyalty, and, hardest of all, that someone is finer than we are in character or intelligence.
Over 18 years of us solving problems together, my daughter has shown me that she's got a good head on her shoulders, that she is pretty good at solving the problems that affect her life. If she wants my input, she gets it.