diplomacy

funeral

is to be forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.

Forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.

is the cocktail party of the geriatric set.

Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.

is apt to judge harshly those who sacrifice tomorrow for today.

History is apt to judge harshly those who sacrifice tomorrow for today.

is reciprocal --- a man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.

In long experience I find that a man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.