And humor is another thing that keeps people sane. If you don't read Dave Barry its not too late to rectify that. And read P G Wodehouse, he'll brighten any dull day. While not exactly disgruntled, he was far from feeling gruntled. He felt like a man who, chasing rainbows, has had one of them suddenly turn and bite him in the leg.
Memories are like mulligatawny soup in a cheap restaurant.
It is best not to stir them. It was my Uncle George who discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought. It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them. So much for Wodehouse, you have to absolutely read his works.