To be busy with material affairs is the best preservative against reflection, fears, doubts... all these things which stand in the way of achievement. I suppose a fellow proposing to cut his throat would experience a sort of relief while occupied in stropping his razor carefully.

Joseph Conrad: The Complete Novels [Nostromo, Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Secret Agent, etc.] (Book House) (ed. Book House, 2016) - ISBN: 9788822865496