If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.--Anne Bradstreet The true secret of giving advice is, after you havehonestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or notand never persist in trying to set people right. ~ Hannah Whitall Smith ~ It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.--Henry David Thoreau Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touchingthem with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert ofwaters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reachyour destiny. ~ Carl Schurz ~ If you don't know where you're going, you will probably end up somewhere else.--Laurence Johnston Peter Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education; they grow there, firm as weeds among stones.--Charlotte Bronte To know the father--observe the son.--Sensei D. Sammartino