History must always be taken with a grain of salt. It is, after all, not a science but an art.

Seventy is wormwood, Seventy is gall But its better to be seventy, Than not alive at all.

Time is the thief you cannot banish.

The knowingness of little girls, is hidden underneath their curls.

The human animal needs a freedom seldom mentioned, freedom from intrusion. He needs a little privacy as much as he wants understanding or vitamins or exercise or praise.

Pressed for rules and verities, All i recolelct are these: Feed a cold and starve a fever. Argue with no true believer. Think-too-long is never-act. Scratch a myth and find a fact.

There is satisfaction in seeing one's household prosper; in being both bountiful and provident.