Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded...
Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry.
The beauty of 'spacing' children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were made with the older ones - which permits them to make exactly the opposite mistakes with the younger ones.