To this day I always insist on working out a problem from the beginning without reading up on it first, a habit that sometimes gets me into trouble but just as often helps me see things my predecessors have missed.
“Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.”
“I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.”