I believe everything out of the common. The only thing to distrust is the normal. - John Buchan

[A] falsehood, which may be pardoned if it is to save another, is black sin if used by a coward to save himself.

Oh, I agree he went mad in the end. It is the only explanation. Something must have snapped in that fine brain, and he saw the little bit more which we call madness. Thank God, you and I are prosaic fellows...

Most people are a little scared at new things ... You want a bigger heart to face danger which you go out to look for, and which doesn't come to you in the ordinary way of business. Still, that's pretty much the same thing — good nerves and good health, and a natural liking for rows.