Suspense Is Worse Than Disappointment.

O Life! Thou Art A Galling Load, Along A Rough, A Weary Road, To Wretches Such As I!

But Mousie, Thou Art No Thy Lane In Proving Foresight May Be Vain The Best-laid Schemes O' Mice An' Men Gang Aft Agley An' Lea'e Us Nought But Grief An' Pain For Promis'd Joy!

Suspense Is Worst Than Disappointment.

The Honest Man, Though E'er Sae Poor, Is King O' Men, For A' That!

I Pick My Favourite Quotations And Store Them In My Mind As Ready Armour, Offensive Or Defensive, Amid The Struggle Of This Turbulent Existence.