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 Rule Britannia, Britannia, rule the waves; Britains never will be slaves.  Yes, I'm 68, but when I was a boy I was too poor to smoke, so knock off ten years. That makes me 58. And since I never developed the drinking habit, you can knock off ten more years. So I'm 48 - in the prime of my life. Retire? Retire to what? Absence is one of the most useful ingredients of family life, and to do it rightly is an art like any other. To hear how special and wonderful we are is endlessly enthralling. Love the sea? I dote upon it - from the beach. When the man is at home, his standing in society is well known and quietly taken; but when he is abroad, it is problematical, and is dependent on the success of his manners. Love makes the wildest spirit tame, and the tamest spirit wild. Sex is like money; only too much is enough. If you strike a thorn or rose, Keep a-goin! If it hails or if it snows, Keep a-goin! 'Tain't no use to sit and whine 'Cause the fish ain't on your line; Bait your hook an' keep on tryin'. Keep a-goin! The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence. To learn new habits is everything, for it is to reach the substance of life. Life is but a tissue of habits. There is more difference within the sexes than between them. The most lasting reputation I have is for an almost ferocious aggressiveness, when in fact I am amiable, indulgent, affectionate, shy and rather timid at heart. I feel it is far better to begin with God, to see His face first, to get my soul near Him before it is near another. In general it is best to have at least one hour alone with God before engaging in anything else. True happiness consists in making others happy. Human reason needs only to will more strongly than fate, and she is fate. Always remember that the soundest way to progress in any organization is to help the man ahead of you to get promoted. A wise man cares not for what he cannot have. Of all the young men in America, only a few hundred can get into major league baseball, and of these only a handful in a decade can get into the Hall of Fame. So it goes in all human activity. ... Some become multimillionaires and chairmen of the board, and some of us must be content to play baseball at company picnics or manage a credit union without pay. To be somebody you must last. 
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