Birth is a leap into the unknown head first, just as death is a leap into the unknown feet first.

Birth is but a sleep and a forgetting.

Birth is the sudden opening of a window through which you look out upon stupendous prospect ...

Birth is the messenger of death.

Confession is therapeutic — a problem shared is a problem halved

Confession is wise — A fault confessed is half redressed.

Confession is as healing medicine to him who has erred.

Confession is unwise — Confess your sins to the Lord, and you will be forgiven; confess them to men, and you will be laughed at.