The less respect an older person deserves the more certain he is to demand it from anyone younger.

The early worm deserves the bird.

Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.

Death isn't funny." "Then why are there so many jokes about death? Jill, with us — us humans — death is so sad that we must laugh at it.

One might define adulthood as the age at which a person learns that he must die ...and accepts his sentence undismayed.

Ability is a wonderful thing, but its value is greatly enhanced by dependability. Ability implies repeatability and accountability.

Autobiography is usually honest but it is never truthful.