I cannot here pass by a reference to a life described as "wonderful so far,"
without reinforcing the "so far" aspects of the human condition by repeating the
remark of Croesus, once the richest king in the world. Later, in ignominious
captivity, as he prepared to be burned alive, he said: "Well now do I remember
the words of the historian Solon: 'No man's life should be accounted a happy one
until it is over.'"
