Inside every seventy-year-old is a thirty-five-year-old asking, 'What happened?

Experience, they say, is the best teacher, but we get the grade first and the lesson later.

Class can 'walk with kings and keep its virtue and talk with crowds and keep the common touch.' Everyone is comfortable with the person who has class because that person is comfortable with himself.

Parents do not owe their progeny an inheritance no matter how much money they have. One of the surest ways to produce loafers and freeloaders is to let children know that their future is assured.

A person doesn't know how much he has to be thankful for until he has to pay taxes on it.

Know when to tune out, if you listen to too much advice you may wind up making other peoples mistakes.

Being interested is more important than being interesting.