 So a proverb is a concise statement of an apparent truth and now comes one more important element, which has currency. We all know the early bird catches the worm, we know big fish eat little fish, we know a stitch in time saves nine. But the question always is, are there new proverbs? And there are of course, take for example, some students who happen to be skiers and they go snowboarding. And if you ask them what kind of proverbs do you use up on the hill? Well, a new proverb is go big or go home. My favorite proverb happens to be different strokes for different folks popularized by the famous song by Sly and the Family Stone, Different Folks in 1968. And that proverb is so different from hundreds of others in that it does not tell us what to do, but rather gives us the freedom of acting the way we want. With one caveat, I always tell my students, different strokes for different folks does not mean you can do whatever you want. There is a certain ethical element that belongs to that equation. But different strokes for different folks is truly an American proverb that expresses perhaps the world view that we in general have in this country.