If You Don't Know What

To Seduce Most Anyone, Ask For And Listen To His Opinion.

When One Seeks Assurance, There's None From Those Who Respond, Now, Don't You Worry About A Thing. If You Weren't Worried, You Wouldn't Have Asked. If You Are Concerned, It's Nice To Know That Those You Query Are, Too. I'll Take A Worrier Any Day Over A Platitudinous Reassurer.

Several Weeks Of Summer Vacation In The Thirties I Spent Working At $15 A Week In The Forbes Office.... I Worked In The Mail Cage, Where Envelopes Were Slit And Subscription Payments Extracted. Dad Used To Come Pounding Down The Office Aisle And Pause Long Enough To Ask, How Much Today? Inevitably The Answer Was Inadequate-except Once. That Day The Controller Said Excitedly, Mr. Forbes, The Ledger Shows A Slight Profit This Month! ... My Father Turned To Him And Said, Young Man, I Don't Give A Damn What Your Books Show. Do We Have Any Money In The Bank?

It Is A Damned Sight Easier To Start Wars Than To End Them. This Truth Has Been Stated For As Long And As Often As It Has Been Ignored. High Time And Thank God, We Are At Least Moving Toward De-escalation In Vietnam. The Road To Extrication Will Be Long, Painful, Bitter. But It Must Be Trod. We Are So Bogged Down In Vietnam That We Cannot Respond Effectively Anywhere Else In The World To A Military Power Play Except Through Atomic Bombardment.

Venture Nothing, And Life Is Less Than It Should Be.