If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.

While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.

If you want a place in the sun, you have got to put up with a few blisters.

True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.

Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.

Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.

If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.