If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain. РAndr̩ Maurois
The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past. РAndr̩ Maurois
A man cannot free himself from the past more easily than he can from his own body. РAndr̩ Maurois
Men are better when riding, more just and more understanding, and more alert and more at ease and more under-taking, and better knowing of all countries and all passages; in short and long all good customs and manners cometh thereof, and the health of man and of his soul. – Attributed to Edward Plantagenet