Patterning your life around other's opinions is nothing more than slavery.

If there was strife and contention in the home, very little else in life could compensate for it.

If courage wasn't a standard result of aging it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well.

Patterning your life around other's opinions is nothing more than slavery.

Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling reputation.

Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives.

Age is no guarantee of maturity.