With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.

Thin-lipped wisdom spoke at her from the worn chair, hinted at prudence, quoted from that book of cowardice whose author apes the name of common sense.

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if it wanted all the other flowers in the garden to be both red and roses.

The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes. Change is the one quality we can predicate of it. The systems that fail are those that rely on the permanency of human nature, and not on its growth and development. The error of Louis XIV was that he thought human nature would always be the same. The result of his error was the French Revolution. It was an admirable result.

Prism! Where is that baby?

Tread Lightly, she is near Under the snow, Speak gently, she can hear The daisies grow.

Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic.