If Your Parents Didn't Have

The Real World Is Not Easy To Live In. It Is Rough; It Is Slippery. Without The Most Clear-eyed Adjustments We Fall And Get Crushed. A Man Must Stay Sober; Not Always, But Most Of The Time.

We Talk Of Our Mastery Of Nature, Which Sounds Very Grand; But The Fact Is We Respectfully Adapt Ourselves, First, To Her Ways.

Dogs Have More Love Than Integrity. They've Been True To Us, Yes, But They Haven't Been True To Themselves.

As To Modesty And Decency, If We Are Simians We Have Done Well, Considering: But If We Are Something Else-fallen Angels-we Have Indeed Fallen Far.

Age Should Not Have Its Face Lifted, But It Should Rather Teach The World To Admire Wrinkles As The Etchings Of Experience And The Firm Line Of Character.