Many A Secret That Cannot Be Pried

As We Grow Older, We Should Learn That These Are Two Quite Different Things. Character Is Something You Forge For Yourself; Temperament Is Something You Are Born With And Can Only Slightly Modify. Some People Have Easy Temperaments And Weak Characters; Others Have Difficult Temperaments And Strong Characters. We Are All Prone To Confuse The Two In Assessing People We Associate With. Those With Easy Temperaments And Weak Characters Are More Likable Than Admirable; Those With Difficult Temperaments And Strong Characters Are More Admirable Than Likable.

There Is No Such Thing As An "atrocity" In Warfare That Is Greater Than The Atrocity Of Warfare Itself.

The Beauty Of 'spacing' Children Many Years Apart Lies In The Fact That Parents Have Time To Learn The Mistakes That Were Made With The Older Ones - Which Permits Them To Make Exactly The Opposite Mistakes With The Younger Ones.

Middle Age Is That Perplexing Time Of Life When We Hear Two Voices Calling Us, One Saying, 'why Not?' And The Other, 'why Bother?'

If The Devil Could Be Persuaded To Write A Bible, He Would Title It, "you Only Live Once."