Fruitless striving breeds less despair than inaction.
Reading more than life teaches us to recognize ethos and pathos.
As a child I was middle-aged and cautious compared to my impulsive father.
Cruel impulses stir all about my kindly heart.
An imprudent enemy is less dangerous than an imprudent friend.
I like the old wisdom--puns, riddles, spells, proverbs.