A Great Biography Should, Like The Close

People Are Discontent; Men Are Troubled; And The Literature Is Excellent.

He Who Has Found A Good Wife Has Found Great Happiness, But A Quarrelsome Woman Is Like A Roof That Lets In The Rain.

Old Age Diminishes Our Strength; It Takes Away Our Pleasures One After The Other; It Withers The Soul As Well As The Body; It Renders Adventure And Friendship Difficult; And Finally It Is Shadowed By Thoughts Of Death.

Stupidity Is A Factor To Be Reckoned With In Human Affairs. The True Leader Always Expects To Encounter It, And Prepares To Endure It Patiently So Long As It Is Normal Stupidity. He Knows That His Ideas Will Be Distorted, His Orders Carelessly Executed; And That There Will Be Jealousy Among His Assistants. He Takes These Inevitable Phenomena Into Account, And Instead Of Attempting To Find Men Without Faults, Who Are Non-existent, He Tries To Make Use Of The Best Men At His Disposal - As They Are, And Not As They Ought To Be.

Inspiration In Matters Of Taste Will Not Come Twice.