A Young Lady Is A Female Child

There Is Nothing Like A Good Friend To Help You Out When You Are Not In Trouble.

Chaperons, Even In Their Days Of Glory, Were Almost Never Able To Enforce Morality; What They Did Was To Force Immorality To Be Discreet. This Is No Small Contribution.

When People Start Hurling Insults At You, You Know Their Minds Are Closed And There's No Point In Debating. You Disengage Yourself As Quickly As Possible From The Situation.

There Was No Singles Problem Until Singles Got So Single-minded That They Stopped Wasting Time With Anyone Ineligible. Before That, It Was Understood That One Of Society's Main Tasks Was Matchmaking. People With Lifelong Friendships And Ties To Local Nonprofessional Organizations Did Not Have To Fear That Isolation Would Accompany Retirement, Old Age, Or Losing A Spouse. Overburdened Householders Could Count On The Assistance Not Only Of Their Own Extended Families, But Of The American Tradition Of Neighborliness.

People Will Say, 'seventy Isn't Old, It's Middle-aged,' And I Think, Middle Of What - 140?