I'm at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.

Take an old man's word; there's nothing worse than a muddle in all the world. It is easy to face Death and Fate, and the things that sound so dreadful. It is on my muddles that I look back with horror - on the things that I might have avoided. We can help one another but little. I used to think I could teach young people the whole of life, but I know better now, and all my teaching of George has come down to this: beware of muddle.

Love is very fragile, we are not always its best caretakers, we just muddle through and do the best we can and hope this fragile thing survives against all odds.

It can get messy

It's about the best thing I can think of,

All these financiers, all the little gnomes in Zurich.