Your time is your time. Be awake to it. It's hard work to be wisely alive.
The Legacy Letters: His Wife, His Children, His Final GiftPutting off an easy thing makes it hard, and putting off a hard one makes it impossible.
Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His SonInformation is a lot like water; it's hard to hold on to, and hard to keep from leaking away.
A Tale for the Time BeingThings that don't matter at all to one person can hurt another so deeply it seems as bad as dying.
Hardboiled and Hard Luck