If there is an amateur reader still left in the world—or anybody who just reads and runs—I ask him or her, with untellable affection and gratitude, to split the dedication of this book four ways with my wife and children.
All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.
Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.
A sweet child is the sweetest thing in nature.
My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.
This world is all a fleeting show, For man's illusion given The smiles of joy, the tears of woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow, Theres nothing true but Heaven.
For with G. D. , to be absent from the body is sometimes (not to speak profanely) to be present with the Lord.
Everything I've done I've done with enthusiasm and passion.
Clever policy consists in making nations believe they are free.
I remember times when the whole music scene was just flourishing.
Greece gave democracy to the rest of the world.