With no goals, no priorities, no life strategy of our own, we drift with the herd through an endless meadow of mediocrity, unable to break loose, to achieve even a small part of the dreams we once cherished.

Envy, like the worm, is always attracted to the fairest apple

I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.

The greatest legacy we can leave our children is happy memories.

All the gold in the world cannot buy a dying man one more breath--so what does that make today worth?

And I leave you now, not with sadness but with satisfaction and joy that we came together and walked, arm in arm, through this brief moment of eternity. Who could ask for more?

Today.....I begin a new life".