Worry is rust upon the blade. – Henry Ward Hughes

Concentrating to within an inch of your life on the pre-flight safety briefing, to compensate for those ignoring it. – Rob Temple, @SoVeryBritish (Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourse

Worry, doubt, fear and despair are the enemies which slowly bring us down to the ground and turn us to dust before we die. – Attributed to Douglas MacArthur

He dare not come in company, for here he should be misused, disgraced, overshoot himself in gesture or speeches or be sick; he thinks everyman observes him. – Richard Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy