Marriage Is A Very Long Process.

Sensible Fathers And Mothers, When Their Children Marry, Go Back To The Old Days And Renew Their Youth.

There Was A Good Deal To Be Said, Hilary Decided, For Middle Age And Infirmity. The Years In Which One Demanded Much Of Life Were Left Behind, Together With The Bitterness Of Not Getting What One Wanted. One's Values, Too, Were Altered. Gifts That Once One Took For Granted, Sunshine And Birdsong, Freedom From Pain, Sleep And One's Daily Bread, Seemed Now So Extraordinarily Precious.

Faith Given Back To Us After A Night Of Doubt Is A Stronger Thing, And Far More Valuable To Us Than Faith That Has Never Been Tested.

The Perfect Moment, Once Lost, Is Not Easily Found Again.

Happy The Man Who Lives Long Enough To Acknowledge His Ignorance