Till The Master Of All Good Workmen

If You Can Wait And Not Be Tired Of Waiting, Or Being Lied About, Don't Deal In Lies. Or Being Hated, Don't Give Way To Hating, And Yet Don't Look Too Good, Nor Talk Too Wise.

None Of The Jungle People Like Being Disturbed.

The Jungle Speaks To Me Because I Know How To Listen.

I Never Made A Mistake In My Life; At Least, Never One That I Couldn't Explain Away Afterwards.

(an Unhappy Childhood Was Not) An Unsuitable Preparation For My Future, In That It Demanded A Constant Wariness, The Habit Of Observation, And The Attendance On Moods And Tempers; The Noting Of Discrepancies Between Speech And Action; A Certain Reserve Of Demeanour; And Automatic Suspicion Of Sudden Favours.