HOW TO WAKE THE PEOPLE.
An old peasant in a German village had to leave his children alone in the house for the day. "If a thief comes," he said to them, "do not cry 'Thief!' For everybody will be afraid and will say to himself: 'After all, it's not my property that's being taken.' No, my children; shout 'Fire!' The whole village will run to help you, for everybody will be afraid the fire will spread."
—Saturday Evening Post.
1501
Perfection none must hope to find
In all this world—in man or woman-kind.
1502
As the sun's shadow shifts, so there is no permanence on earth.
—Chinese.